[Wikimediaindia-l] Update about my role at CIS-A2K

[Tito Dutta]

Greetings/Namaskara,
Hope this email finds you well. I want to give an update about my role at
CIS-A2K. On 11 July 2022, I'll step down from my position at CIS-A2K.
Because of health issues, and personal reasons, this was important for me
to take a break from programmatic activities.

This has been a very delightful and wonderful experience. I have learnt a
lot from the communities and the community members. There have been many
wonderful memories.
I sincerely thank you for everything.

Although I'll leave the program, this is not a retirement from the
Wikimedia movement, I'll continue to edit and work on Wikimedia projects in
my volunteer capacity.

Programmatic updates or upcoming plans will be shared by CIS-A2K separately.

Thanking you once again,
Sincerely,
Tito Dutta
Member, Access to Knowledge
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: #KnowWithWiki- Test campaign to raise awareness among Indian youth

[Tito Dutta]

tand our audience and their engagement. They are
>> specifically designed to  aid us in campaigns going forward.
>>
>>
>> For this test, we looked at our objectives, target audience and selected
>> the profiles based on their number of followers, engagement rate, topics of
>> interest, resonance with our target audience, and region or language they
>> represent. But most important was their alignment with our mission and
>> values (we had direct conversations with each of them before we finalized
>> their engagements).
>>
>>
>> Regarding your next question about future campaigns, I assume you are
>> referring to initiatives where we are looking at achieving certain results.
>> As we have in the past, we will continue to inform, engage and involve the
>> communities in ways that suit each project while being mindful of community
>> bandwidth to engage. We welcome any suggestions you may have on the same.
>>
>> The data collected from the current test will help us understand the
>> ideal tactics of communication with Indian youth, and as mentioned before-
>> will also be beneficial for the Indian communities. We will share our
>> learnings from this test with the community so that they can make use while
>> planning any potential outreach activities in the country for a similar
>> target audience. This will be shared on Meta when it is ready.
>>
>>
>> As per the previous email, “our approach is focused on people and not
>> projects- the test is of an audience and not a project.” This test uses
>> links to Wikipedia and the content is based on the influencers target
>> audience. We would also be putting out a content piece that highlights
>> information about our projects and how all of them support the Free
>> Knowledge Movement. This answer would satisfy your other question on
>> language as well.
>>
>>
>> @Tito: The first email
>> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/EZCGAPJD663UU5453ZOB6ICZGLZQ7D5Q/>
>> to the community with the test details was sent on 28/04/2022 and the
>> test went live on 05/05/2022. The newspaper article came as a result of
>> our press release
>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/05/06/wikimedia-foundation-launches-knowwithwiki-campaign/>
>> posted on the Foundation website and distributed to Indian media on
>> 06/05/2022. *(have provided links for your reference and verification)*
>> *.*
>>
>>
>> On community consultation and as stated in the emails before, we remain
>> mindful of using the community bandwidth while working on any project.
>> Since this is not a long-term campaign, but a small three-week test on
>> Instagram,  we did not host any formal large-scale community consultation.
>> But, as a part of our plan, post the completion of the test, we will be
>> hosting a conversation to present our findings for both the South Africa
>> and India tests. As an ideal place to have an open discussion on some
>> collective next steps, I would be delighted if you both could attend the
>> call so we could continue the conversation there.
>>
>>
>> On the budget, we are contractually obligated to follow the norms of a
>> signed NDA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement>.
>> This is the only question we will not be able to answer, but I hope you
>> appreciate and are satisfied with the answers to the other points.
>>
>> Finally, @Jayantilal- It would be great if you and I could have a
>> conversation about your experience with the movement. The same way I often
>> talk to Tito!
>>
>> Have a great week ahead and stay healthy!
>>
>> Best,
>> Rachit
>>
>> On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 6:31 PM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks a lot for the response.
>>> Indeed the questions are not answered. In addition to the questions
>>> asked and numbered above by Jayantilal sir, these were also asked,
>>> 5. Is it going to be an English-Wikipedia campaign?
>>> 6. If Indian language Wikipedias are included, what is the methodology?
>>> 7. Where was community consultation? (links requested)
>>> 8. What is the starting date? Newspapers have reported more than a week
>>> ago that it started
>>> https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/wikimedia-foundation-launches-knowwithwiki-campaign-to-promote-access-to-and-sharing-of-free-knowledge/945652/
>>> Most definitely they were informed before that. So, things are
>>> apparently pre-decided.
>>> Thanks for the consideration.
>>> Stay safe,
>>

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Few notes on Wikimedia hackathon 2022 at Villupuram - VGLUG

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
This is interesting. Thanks Shrini for sharing.

On Tue, 24 May 2022, 04:30 Shrinivasan T,  wrote:

>
>
> Last weekend, I participated in Wikimedia hackathon at Villupuram
> GNU.Linux Users Group.
>
> Here is a blog post on the event.
>
>
> https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2022/05/24/few-notes-on-wikimedia-hackathon-2022-at-villupuram-vglug/
>
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
> My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
> Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com
>
> Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
> http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: #KnowWithWiki- Test campaign to raise awareness among Indian youth

[Tito Dutta]

ild and strengthen our projects especially the work of the CIS-A2K team
>>>> in providing robust support to the growth and development of our community
>>>> in India. This commitment and spirit has led to over 65k active Indian
>>>> editors and India being at the top of our average page views.
>>>>
>>>> As you would have seen from the foundation’s draft annual plan, this
>>>> coming year we are putting a focus on allocating our support and resources
>>>> to other Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons.
>>>>
>>>> Through #KnowWithWiki we aim to learn how, what and when to engage
>>>> Indian youth who, as we know, are important stakeholders; not only for the
>>>> Foundation but also for the community- the movement at large. This would
>>>> help us deliver strong, clear, and impactful messages /communications in
>>>> India, in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for sharing the links, this is indeed some great work and
>>>> learning for us, your input along with the learning from #KnowWithWiki will
>>>> help us attempt to move in the right direction.
>>>>
>>>> In the end, I want to thank you for your time and input. We will see
>>>> the test go live soon and hope you take a look and engage with the same.
>>>>
>>>> Hope I have been able to address at least some of the very pertinent
>>>> points you raised.
>>>>
>>>> Stay safe!
>>>>
>>>> Khanyi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 12:23 PM Tito Dutta 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>> Thanks for sharing the program idea in detail. I am sharing my
>>>>> *initial* thoughts for your kind attention.
>>>>>
>>>>>1. The project appears to be a Wikipedia-centric one or possibly a
>>>>>Wikipedia-only campaign. It is not clear if this will be an English
>>>>>Wikipedia campaign, or Indian-language Wikipedia projects will be
>>>>>highlighted. If so, what will be the approach, methodology, and ratio?
>>>>>2. The Wikipedia-centric approach is sometimes problematic for
>>>>>various reasons. Over the years a lot of efforts have been made into
>>>>>strengthening other Wikimedia projects and communities in India through
>>>>>different initiatives such as a series of Wikidata workshops, 
>>>>> Wikisource
>>>>>training, Wikimedia Commons photowalks outreach, Wiki Loves initiatives
>>>>>etc. This not only resulted in more active participation but brought 
>>>>> large
>>>>>amount of high quality content as well. An effort that somehow 
>>>>> highlights
>>>>>Wikipedia as the only knowledge source to "know your world better",
>>>>>possibly takes us back to square one.
>>>>>3. Continuing from #2, we have rich knowledge repositories on
>>>>>different projects. I'll give a couple of random examples. Wikimedia
>>>>>Commons:
>>>>>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Azad_Hind_(newspaper)
>>>>>Wikisource:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Constitution_of_India_(Original_Calligraphed_and_Illuminated_Version)
>>>>>Similarly to know on many topics such as monuments, geography, census,
>>>>>railway, arts and culture etc possibly we have good content on other
>>>>>Wikimedia projects to refer to. So, an alternative mission-aligned 
>>>>> approach
>>>>>might be "KnowWithFreeKnowledge" highlighting "free knowledge in 
>>>>> general",
>>>>>rather than "KnowWithWikipedia".
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your kind attention.
>>>>> Stay safe,
>>>>> User:Titodutta
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> শুক্র, ২৯ এপ্রিল, ২০২২ তারিখে ১১:৫৫ PM টায় তারিখে Khanyi Mpumlwana <
>>>>> kmpumlw...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope you are well and safe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am thrilled to reach out to you on behalf of the Communications
>>>>>> Department at The Wikimedia Foundation to share information ab

[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (14 March to 10 April 2022)

[Tito Dutta]

Hello, congratulations Nitesh Gill and M. Rafiul Bahar Rafi. All the best.

On Thu, 12 May 2022, 20:48 Satdeep Gill,  wrote:

> Many congratulations Nitesh and Rafi sahib!
>
> Best
> Satdeep
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2022, 8:05 PM Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <
> dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to both Nitesh & M.Rafi.
>>
>> -Manav
>>
>> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 5:31 PM Chitraparna Sinha <
>> csinha-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear community members,
>>>
>>> I am happy to announce the selection of two members from South Asia for
>>> the Leadership Development Working Group. They are M. Rafiul Bahar Rafi
>>>  and Nitesh Gill
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> The detailed announcement and the profile of all the 15 chosen members
>>> can be read here
>>> 
>>> .
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta
>>> )
>>>
>>> Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
>>> ,
>>> SAARC, Wikimedia Foundation 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 at 18:18, Chitraparna Sinha <
>>> csinha-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
 Dear community members,

 Thank you for sharing your feedback for the Leadership Development
 Working Group
 .
 You can read the summary of the feedback here
 .
 The feedback will be shared with the Leadership Development Working Group
 to guide their work.

 We are inviting applications to join the Leadership Development Working
 Group. The last date is 10 April 2022. Please review the information
 about the working group
 ,
 share with community members who might be interested, and apply if you
 are interested
 .

 Regards,


 Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta
 )

 Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
 ,
 SAARC, Wikimedia Foundation 

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: #KnowWithWiki- Test campaign to raise awareness among Indian youth

[Tito Dutta]

Greetings,
Thanks for sharing the program idea in detail. I am sharing my *initial*
thoughts for your kind attention.

   1. The project appears to be a Wikipedia-centric one or possibly a
   Wikipedia-only campaign. It is not clear if this will be an English
   Wikipedia campaign, or Indian-language Wikipedia projects will be
   highlighted. If so, what will be the approach, methodology, and ratio?
   2. The Wikipedia-centric approach is sometimes problematic for various
   reasons. Over the years a lot of efforts have been made into strengthening
   other Wikimedia projects and communities in India through different
   initiatives such as a series of Wikidata workshops, Wikisource training,
   Wikimedia Commons photowalks outreach, Wiki Loves initiatives etc. This not
   only resulted in more active participation but brought large amount of high
   quality content as well. An effort that somehow highlights Wikipedia as the
   only knowledge source to "know your world better", possibly takes us back
   to square one.
   3. Continuing from #2, we have rich knowledge repositories on different
   projects. I'll give a couple of random examples. Wikimedia Commons:
   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Azad_Hind_(newspaper)
   Wikisource:
   
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Constitution_of_India_(Original_Calligraphed_and_Illuminated_Version)
   Similarly to know on many topics such as monuments, geography, census,
   railway, arts and culture etc possibly we have good content on other
   Wikimedia projects to refer to. So, an alternative mission-aligned approach
   might be "KnowWithFreeKnowledge" highlighting "free knowledge in general",
   rather than "KnowWithWikipedia".

Thank you for your kind attention.
Stay safe,
User:Titodutta



শুক্র, ২৯ এপ্রিল, ২০২২ তারিখে ১১:৫৫ PM টায় তারিখে Khanyi Mpumlwana <
kmpumlw...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন:

> Dear all,
>
> Hope you are well and safe.
>
> I am thrilled to reach out to you on behalf of the Communications
> Department at The Wikimedia Foundation to share information about a new
> short-term test campaign through which we hope to learn more about
> engaging Indian digital audiences, primarily the youth.
>
> Emerging from the Medium Term Plan
> ,
> this test is aimed at strengthening the awareness levels of Wikimedia, our
> free knowledge mission, and growing affinity with our readers in India,
> especially the youth.
>
> Firstly, let us introduce ourselves- The Communications Department.
>
> Communications  is a Wikimedia
> Foundation
> 
> department. The Communications Department performs a variety of functions
> for the Foundation, such as building awareness of Wikimedia and its
> projects,  maintaining relationships with the media, producing content for
> the Wikimedia Foundation website
> ,
> managing the community blog Diff  and
> Wikimedia social media
> 
> platforms, facilitating communications with Wikimedia communities,
> informing research into emerging global audiences, developing creative
> materials, and coordinating campaigns to engage new audiences for Wikimedia
> projects like Project Rewrite
> and Wiki
> Unseen. 
>
> What is #KnowWithWiki all about?
>
> This is a truly integrated effort where members of various teams within
> the Foundation came together to develop a plan to engage young readers in
> India in a manner that demonstrates the value of Wikipedia, highlighting
> the role it already plays in helping them know their world better and
> promoting free knowledge.
>
> The problem: Wikipedia readership in India is high. It is currently
> ranked #4 in website traffic in India with an average of approximately 2
> pages a visit. Unfortunately, according to a market research
> 
> carried out by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2020, only 31% of the Indian
> internet users have heard of Wikipedia, and strikingly, only 26% of
> internet users aged  18-24 years were aware of Wikipedia. The gap between
> usage and awareness indicates that there is a large number of young people
> who use Wikipedia and are not aware of us and therefore have no affinity or
> value for it.
>
> Why India?
>
> Engaging young internet users and unaware Wikipedia readers to increase
> affinity and perceived value is key to the sustained growth of Wikipedia
> and all our projects. The Indian youth may be viewing or using our content
> through different platforms e.g. seeing Wikipedia 

[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K annual plan 2022–2023 is submitted

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
CIS-A2K has submitted the annual plan for the program year 2022–2023 under
Wikimedia Community Fund. The plan may be seen here on Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Annual_plan_of_the_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society_Access_to_Knowledge
On behalf of the program, we thank the communities and community members
for their participation, collaboration and suggestions. Please feel free to
comment on the talk page of the plan.
You may also email us at prog...@cis-india.org
Regards,
Tito Dutta
Member, CIS-A2K
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Deoband Community Wikimedia User Group

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Forwarding this relevant information to Wikimedia India mailing list. With
regards,


-- Forwarded message -
প্রেরক: Camelia Boban 
Date: বৃহস্পতি, ১৭ ফেব, ২০২২ তারিখে ৬:৪৪ PM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Deoband Community Wikimedia User Group
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
Cc: Affiliations Committee list , Affiliations
Committee 


Hi everyone!

I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
[1]  *Deoband Community Wikimedia User Group* [2] as a Wikimedia User
Group. Is a group of Wikimedia editors primarily based in India, who aim to
write about issues related to the famous Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom
Deoband at a global level, in any language Wikipedia. The group promotes
such projects, as the name indicates.

Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Deoband_Community_Wikimedia_User_Group

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deoband_Community_Wikimedia_User_Group


Regards,



*Camelia Boban*
*Chair*

*Affiliation *
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: India grants and communication to Wikimediaindia-l

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Thank you.

> "This thread or any such future thread in no way represents Indian
> Wikimedia communities."
>
— This *does *represent a viewpoint. This argument may not show a majority,
a very large or unanimous representation, still this is a particular
viewpoint and the argument is represented here. My viewpoint as a community
member stays, so do your viewpoints, and so do other viewpoints.
If we count how many people voted or if everyone on a project agreed to
something, most of the proposals or plans on village pumps or noticeboards
will never go forward.
In a process, there are views and counter views, and finally the merit of
the arguments is checked generally.
The proposal is not entirely new, but most of the mentioned parts are
standard practice.

Anyway, I have already shared my thoughts, and I do note that there are
other opinions also.
I'll rest here.
(Happy new year, stay safe...)
ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta
(মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: India grants and communication to Wikimediaindia-l

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
After the launch of the current grant process, formation of the Regional
Grants Committee, announcement and commencement of round 1 applications, it
is probably good to revisit this thread. I hope that the Wikimedia
Foundation grants team and Regional Grants Committee (SAARC) would kindly
consider these over-all process-related notes.

Here are a few observations about the "over-all process"—
A
1) Major Indian grant requests should come to India mailing list. The term
"major" can be defined by an amount (more than "₹" amount) or any other
criteria (region coverage, project coverage, duration etc). Possibly RGC
(SAARC) can kindly set up criteria?
2) I would suggest separate email threads for "major" grant requests,
however if this list gets too many emails, I would suggest to please send
at least a digest email clearly briefing the grant proposals.
3) Please consider making this step a mandatory one, and mark applications
"invalid" or "incomplete" unless the step is properly done.
4) This should not be done only as formality, and the community should be
allowed at least 7 to 10 days' time to comment. I would request RGC to
start reviewing only after this period.
5) There might be moderation and other issues in the list, and can be
handled separately.

B
1) Please consider working on an "Appropriate notification/canvassing
policy" (or guideline). This can be a document covering best practices, and
also possible inappropriate behaviours such as excessive canvassing,
votestacking, back-scratching, meatpuppetry etc. Please see a similar
thread I started on Wikimedia-l at [1]
2) It would be good to have a direct communication option with RGC (SAARC).
I suggest kindly make this on-wiki. Possibly this can be created in form of
a noticeboard at Grants_talk:Regions/SAARC or at
Grants:Regions/SAARC/Noticeboard

This or similar process may be replicated in other SAARC countries such as
Bangladesh, Nepal, and other regions also depending on the relevant
community request.

I'll be happy to voluntarily add inputs or work on any of the things
mentioned above such as A1, B1 etc.

Thanks,
User:Titodutta
(In volunteer capacity)

Footnotes
[1]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/OUHBTWFZSPAG6V42AFBI56WBTIMRA3FX/#OUHBTWFZSPAG6V42AFBI56WBTIMRA3FX


রবি, ১০ জানু, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:৫৫ AM টায় তারিখে Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Namaskara,
> This might be some food for thought, and inputs are welcome. India mailing
> list is the largest and most widely used Wikimedia mailing list for the
> Indian community. Could we have a practice that all grant requests from the
> country (or related to) are informed on the Wikimediaindia-l mailing list?
>
> Whether it is a state-level, project-level, language-level etc, or whether
> it is a rapid grant, project grant etc it would be good to see the plan
> details on this mailing list in advance. It will ensure greater visibility,
> and it will also ensure the community's understanding/knowing of each
> other's projects.
>
> If we can have a practice like this, we can inform Wikimedia, or CR team
> or relevant support structure(s) as an India community practice.
>
> This post is in my personal capacity. Please assume good faith
> Regards,
> User:Titodutta
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] CIS-A2K Impact Report for the work-plan year 2020–2021

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Hope this email finds you well. A2K has submitted the impact report and is
available at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2019-2020_round_2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Impact_report_form

Regards,
Tito
On behalf of,
Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Khilkhilat (ખિલખિલાટ/ખીલકીલાત)

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Khilkhilat (Lit: Giggles) is an ambulance service that provides free
ambulance service to a mother and her newly-born child. The free ambulance
service started in Gujarat in 2012, and started expanding in other states
such as Maharashtra (project name "Vastsalaya").

We have had a short Wikipedia article on this project, which is being
expanded at this moment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khilkhilat

You may help
1) Image upload: The ambulance is pink in color (
https://civilhospitalahd.gujarat.gov.in/writereaddata/images/ambulance-khilkhilat-scheme.jpg),
however we do not seem to have a free photograph on Wikimedia Commons. An
image in the infobox will definitely improve the article. If anyone from
Gujarat, or any other state, has a free photograph of Khilkhilat, please
upload it on Wikimedia Commons and add in the article.
2) If you know Gujarati, can you tell which is the correct spelling
ખિલખિલાટ or ખીલકીલાત? The ambulance and the posters/news articles use both
the spellings at different places? (I am co-mailing Gujarati mailing list)
3) The article has scope of improvement/expansion, including factual
accuracy check. You may help to expand/improve or do an accuracy check
(please add reliable references while adding information). If properly
expanded we can try taking the article to DYK under the 5X expansion
category.

Thanks,

ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Thank you!

[Tito Dutta]

Thanks for sharing this Pavan. All the best for your Wiki-works ahead.
Best,
User:Titodutta

মঙ্গল, 7 সেপ., 2021 11:57 PM তারিখে pavan santhosh <
pavansanthos...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello Friends and Colleagues,
>
> Thank you to everyone who supported my candidature in the board elections
> and also thanks to everyone who voted in this election. WMF Board elections
> 2021 results are now announced:
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/07/results-for-the-most-contended-wikimedia-foundation-board-of-trustees-election/
>
> The following four candidates received the most support and are going to
> be appointed to board after a background check:
>
>1.
>
>Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
>2.
>
>Victoria Doronina
>3.
>
>Dariusz Jemielniak
>4.
>
>Lorenzo Losa
>
>
> Except for an unfavourable result, It has been a really great journey for
> me. I have spent hours in preparing and attending several meetings with
> communities arranged by the election team or individual communities. I
> forced myself to think of some very important questions about governance,
> community development and other aspects of our movement. This is really
> good learning for me.
>
> I felt happy to have a good number of Indian Wikimedians who are also
> experienced in movement and projects to contest in this election. Although
> none of us could make it, I believe these efforts by candidates would
> ignite some necessary awareness and discussion about movement governance in
> the Indian Wikimedia movement.
>
> Good wishes to the elected board members and once again thanks to everyone
> who voted in this election.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Pavan Santhosh.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: The Userscript Tour

[Tito Dutta]

This is a super excellent resource Jay. Thanks for sharing.

ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত
(মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)


বৃহস্পতি, ২ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২১ তারিখে ১২:৩৯ AM টায় তারিখে Jay prakash <
0freerunn...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Dear Indian Wikimedians,
>
> This year, as part of Outreach, Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group[1]
> has mentored a project in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program.[2] The
> project's goal was to create a guided tour on the topic "Writing userscript
> and gadget".[3] The project primarily focuses on newbie developers and
> existing Wikimedia community members who have little bit knowledge about
> JavaScript. It is a step-by-step guided tour to illustrate writing wiki
> userscripts and gadgets. It covers basic to advanced topics.
>
> I am very happy to introduce Devyansh Chawla to this community.[4] He was
> the Wikimedia Intern for this project in GSoC and successfully completed
> this project. The guided tour is currently located on the test wiki. Please
> find it at https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Userscript_Tour. If you
> have any suggestions. Please leave it on its talk page.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay Prakash
> Volunteer Developer, WIkimedia Community
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_MediaWiki_Developers_User_Group
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2021
> [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274635
> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Novusistic
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation 2021 Board of Trustees election: ~ 4 days to go + A Question

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The 2021 Board of Trustees election voting ends on Wednesday, 1 September
2021, 5:30 am IST.[1] That's  in just ~18 hours from now.
Interested Wikimedians, who have not voted yet, may consider doing so.
* Voting details and instruction:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting

Resources
* Board election main page, a page with overview and details about the
election,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021
* List of Candidates, a page with details about candidates, skill analysis
etc,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates
* Candidate questions and answers, candidates answer their views on
different Wikimedia topics
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/CandidateQ%26A
* Additional answers to community questions:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Community_Questions

Regards,
User:Titodutta

Footnotes
[1] The voting ends on 31 August 2021, 23:59 UTC. In the India mailing
list, Indian Standard Time 1 September 2021, 5:29 am IST is used.


শুক্র, ২৭ আগস্ট, ২০২১ তারিখে ১২:৫৬ PM টায় এ Tito Dutta 
লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> Wikimedia Foundation 2021 Board of Trustees election is going on now, and
> votes will be accepted until 1 September 2021, 5:29 am IST[1]. So, it is
> around ~4 days to left. If you are interested you may consider
> participating.
> * Board election main page, a page with overview and details about the
> election,
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021
> * List of Candidates, a page with details about candidates, skill analysis
> etc,
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates
> * Candidate questions and answers, candidates answer their views on
> different Wikimedia topics
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/CandidateQ%26A
> * Additional answers to community questions:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Community_Questions
> * Voting details and instruction:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting
>
> Please use your best understanding, and knowledge to vote for the
> candidates, if you wish to do so. This post is for information-purpose only.
>
> +A Question
> During a general conversation with a Wikifriend, someone asked me a
> question. I'll treat that question as "anonymous". The question is:
> * Why should someone vote in the board election process? How is it going
> to affect my project such a a regional-language Wikisource, or Wikivoyage,
> or a project without much support?
>
> I have my own view on why I should vote (or voted), very briefly— this is
> an important process, and a trustee is a powerful and decision-making
> position. Hence it is important to ensure the best candidates are elected.
> Every well-thought vote helps in this process.
> That's my answer very briefly. I have rechecked the board election project
> page, and the FAQ page, and I don't see this question is answered directly
> (unless I missed something)
>
> If anyone from the board election organising team, the board/Community
> Affairs Committee(CAC), or community wants to help, by answering this
> question, kindly feel free to do so. I think it is OK, if someone does not
> want to vote, or have their own reasons of not voting (feel free to share
> your thoughts). The discussion possibly will help one (I believe "many")
> Wikimedian(s) who are wondering "why should I vote?"
>
> Footnotes
> [1] The voting ends on 31 August 2021, 23:59 UTC. In the India mailing
> list, I have used Indian Standard Time, that's why it is 1 September 2021,
> 5:29 am IST.
>
> Kind regards,
> User:Titodutta
> As a Wikimedia volunteer
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Foundation 2021 Board of Trustees election: ~ 4 days to go + A Question

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Wikimedia Foundation 2021 Board of Trustees election is going on now, and
votes will be accepted until 1 September 2021, 5:29 am IST[1]. So, it is
around ~4 days to left. If you are interested you may consider
participating.
* Board election main page, a page with overview and details about the
election,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021
* List of Candidates, a page with details about candidates, skill analysis
etc,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates
* Candidate questions and answers, candidates answer their views on
different Wikimedia topics
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/CandidateQ%26A
* Additional answers to community questions:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Community_Questions
* Voting details and instruction:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting

Please use your best understanding, and knowledge to vote for the
candidates, if you wish to do so. This post is for information-purpose only.

+A Question
During a general conversation with a Wikifriend, someone asked me a
question. I'll treat that question as "anonymous". The question is:
* Why should someone vote in the board election process? How is it going to
affect my project such a a regional-language Wikisource, or Wikivoyage, or
a project without much support?

I have my own view on why I should vote (or voted), very briefly— this is
an important process, and a trustee is a powerful and decision-making
position. Hence it is important to ensure the best candidates are elected.
Every well-thought vote helps in this process.
That's my answer very briefly. I have rechecked the board election project
page, and the FAQ page, and I don't see this question is answered directly
(unless I missed something)

If anyone from the board election organising team, the board/Community
Affairs Committee(CAC), or community wants to help, by answering this
question, kindly feel free to do so. I think it is OK, if someone does not
want to vote, or have their own reasons of not voting (feel free to share
your thoughts). The discussion possibly will help one (I believe "many")
Wikimedian(s) who are wondering "why should I vote?"

Footnotes
[1] The voting ends on 31 August 2021, 23:59 UTC. In the India mailing
list, I have used Indian Standard Time, that's why it is 1 September 2021,
5:29 am IST.

Kind regards,
User:Titodutta
As a Wikimedia volunteer
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: [Wikipedia-gu] Fwd: Internet Support for Wikimedians in India 2021

[Tito Dutta]

Hello Pavanaja sir,
Thanks for your question. The Internet support for Wikimedians in India, as
the title suggests, provides internet support to the Wikimedians in India.
The project page and the FAQ section gives details about it.
We do not have a specific amount for internet packs, as there are many
different options and packages. All the requests are taken care of case by
case.
I Hope this helps.
Regards,
Tito Dutta
Access to Knowledge



মঙ্গল, ২৪ আগস্ট, ২০২১ তারিখে ১২:২৪ PM টায় এ, 
লিখেছেন:

> Namaste,
>
>
>
> The page for which you gave the link, does not specify what kind of
> support will be provided. Please do specify that along with the amount up
> to which the support will be provided.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Nitesh Gill 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 24, 2021 10:58 AM
> *To:* Wikimedia India Community list  >
> *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Re: [Wikipedia-gu] Fwd: Internet Support
> for Wikimedians in India 2021
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Hope you are doing well. As you know Internet Support Program for Indian
> Wikimedian is running from 1 June. Now, after three months, we are taking a
> break from the program on 31 August for the assessment.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet_support_for_Wikimedians_in_India
>
>
> Please note after 31 August requests will not be accepted.
>
> Thank you
> Nitesh Gill
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 11:18 PM Dhaval S. Vyas  wrote:
>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: *Nitesh Gill* 
> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021, 17:08
> Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Internet Support for Wikimedians in India 2021
> To: Wikimedia India Community list 
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> We hope that you are doing well. We wanted to inform you that A2K is going
> to initiate an internet support program for the Wikimedians in India from 1
> June 2021. This will continue till 31 August 2021. It will be a part of
> Project Tiger, this time we are starting with the internet support, writing
> contest and other things that will follow afterwards. Currently in this
> first phase applications for the Internet will be accepted.
>
> An event page has been started, you can visit the link:
> 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 will be 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). The criteria and application procedure is set up already. Please go
> through the page and apply if you find you are eligible for applying.
> Please also share this information with your community.
>
> Stay safe, stay connected,
>
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Nitesh Gill
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Election is open.

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The election process has started. The email below has a detailed process
narration and the relevant URLs.

-- Forwarded message -
প্রেরক: Jackie Koerner 
Date: বুধ, ১৮ আগস্ট, ২০২১ তারিখে ৫:৫৫ AM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Election
is open.
To: 


Friends, Here is a message from the Elections Committee:


Voting for the 2021 Board of Trustees election

is
now open. Candidates from the community were asked to submit their
candidacy. After a three week long Call for Candidates, there are 19
candidates for the 2021 election

.

The Wikimedia movement has the opportunity to vote for the selection of
community-and-affiliate trustees. By voting, you will help to identify
those people who have the qualities to best serve the needs of the movement
for the next several years. The Board is expected to select the four most
voted candidates to serve as trustees. Voting closes 31 August 2021.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

oversees
the Wikimedia Foundation's operations. The Board wants to improve their
competences and diversity as a team. They have shared the areas of expertise

that
they are currently missing and hope to cover with new trustees.

Learn more about candidates

. Learn about the Board of Trustees

. Vote

.

Read the full announcement and see translations on Meta-Wiki

.


-- 
*Jackie Koerner*

*she/her*
Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
*English language communities and Meta-Wiki*
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Heartiest congratulations, Indians awarded the Wikimedian of the Year 2021 (Who? Read the post! :D)

[Tito Dutta]

Congratulations to Ananya, Jay Prakash and Netha. Great news.

Thanks for sharing this news on the list.


রবি, 15 আগ., 2021 8:13 PM তারিখে Ashwin Baindur 
লিখেছেন:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Just a few minutes ago,three Indian Wikimedians have been selected as
> Wikimedians of the Year. Heartiest congratulations to:
>
> Ananya Mondal (User:Atudu) - Wikimedian of the Year 2021, Rich Media
> Jay Prakash AB (User:Jayprakash12345) - Wikimedian of the Year 2021,
> Technology Innovator
> Netha Hussain (User:Netha_Hussain) - Wikimedian of the Year 2021,
> WikiProject Medicine, Honourable Mention
>
> All Wikimedians from India jointly wish you all heartiest
> congratulations. You have made India and Indian Wikimedians proud. We are
> all immensely happy that you got recognised globally from the Movement. May
> you win many more distinctions in future and go on to greater heights. You
> are truly inspirational figures to our new Wikimedians.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Congratulations to Ananya, Netha and Jay Prakash

[Tito Dutta]

Congratulations to everyone! :-D

Thanks for sharing the update from Wikimania

রবি, 15 আগ., 2021 8:18 PM তারিখে pavan santhosh 
লিখেছেন:

> Congratulations to Wikimedians of the year from India:
>
>- Ananya Mondal - Rich media
>- Netha Hussain - Honorable mention
>- Jay Prakash - Technology innovator
>
> Happy to see 3 Indian Wikimedians getting such a honour on Indian
> Independence day.
>
> Best,
> Pavan Santhosh.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call with Tanveer Hasan on Sunday 8 August 2021, 7 pm IST

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The call is going to start in ~30 minutes, the link to attend the call:
https://zoom.us/j/96889078189?pwd=V2VHZmRjSlU3WVdxcDN3UHVEem9Ddz09

ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত
(মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)


রবি, ৮ আগস্ট, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:৫৮ AM টায় এ Tito Dutta 
লিখেছেন:

> Namaskara,
> The call will start exactly at 7 pm IST today, please join on/before time.
> The call will be open 10 minutes before the starting time. Note, the call
> will be recorded
> * The call location: Zoom:
> https://zoom.us/j/96889078189?pwd=V2VHZmRjSlU3WVdxcDN3UHVEem9Ddz09
> * Event page:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call
> * Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/grsindia2011
> * Hashtag: #grsindia2021
>
> Regards,
> Tito Dutta
> Access to Knowledge
>
>
> মঙ্গল, ৩ আগস্ট, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:০০ AM টায় এ Tito Dutta 
> লিখেছেন:
>
>> Namaskara,
>> A Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call will take place on
>> Sunday, 8 August 2021 at 7 pm IST with an objective to narrate and discuss
>> the changes in the Wikimedia Grants relaunch strategy process.
>> Tanveer Hasan will be the primary speaker in the call discussing the
>> grants strategy and answering questions related to that. You are invited to
>> attend the call.
>>
>> == Why you may consider joining ==
>> Let's start with answering "why"?
>> You may find this call helpful and may consider joining if—
>> * You are a Wikimedia grant recipient (rapid grant, project grant,
>> conference grant etc.)
>> * You are thinking of applying for any of the mentioned grants.
>> * You are a community/affiliate leader/contact person, and your
>> community needs information about the proposed grants programs.
>> * You are interested to know about the program for any other reason or
>> you have questions.
>>
>> In brief,
>> As grants are very important part of our program and activities, as an
>> individual or a community/user group member/leader you may consider joining
>> to know more—
>> * about the proposed programs,
>> * the changes and how are they going to affect individuals/communities
>> * or to ask your questions.
>>
>> == Event page ==
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call
>> We request you to add your name in the participants list:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call#Participants
>> If you find this interesting, please inform your community/user group so
>> that interested Wikimedians can join the call.
>> Thank you
>> Tito Dutta
>> Access to Knowledge,
>>
>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call with Tanveer Hasan on Sunday 8 August 2021, 7 pm IST

[Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
The call will start exactly at 7 pm IST today, please join on/before time.
The call will be open 10 minutes before the starting time. Note, the call
will be recorded
* The call location: Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/96889078189?pwd=V2VHZmRjSlU3WVdxcDN3UHVEem9Ddz09
* Event page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call
* Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/grsindia2011
* Hashtag: #grsindia2021

Regards,
Tito Dutta
Access to Knowledge


মঙ্গল, ৩ আগস্ট, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:০০ AM টায় এ Tito Dutta 
লিখেছেন:

> Namaskara,
> A Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call will take place on Sunday,
> 8 August 2021 at 7 pm IST with an objective to narrate and discuss the
> changes in the Wikimedia Grants relaunch strategy process.
> Tanveer Hasan will be the primary speaker in the call discussing the
> grants strategy and answering questions related to that. You are invited to
> attend the call.
>
> == Why you may consider joining ==
> Let's start with answering "why"?
> You may find this call helpful and may consider joining if—
> * You are a Wikimedia grant recipient (rapid grant, project grant,
> conference grant etc.)
> * You are thinking of applying for any of the mentioned grants.
> * You are a community/affiliate leader/contact person, and your community
> needs information about the proposed grants programs.
> * You are interested to know about the program for any other reason or
> you have questions.
>
> In brief,
> As grants are very important part of our program and activities, as an
> individual or a community/user group member/leader you may consider joining
> to know more—
> * about the proposed programs,
> * the changes and how are they going to affect individuals/communities
> * or to ask your questions.
>
> == Event page ==
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call
> We request you to add your name in the participants list:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call#Participants
> If you find this interesting, please inform your community/user group so
> that interested Wikimedians can join the call.
> Thank you
> Tito Dutta
> Access to Knowledge,
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call with Tanveer Hasan on Sunday 8 August 2021, 7 pm IST

[Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
A Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call will take place on Sunday,
8 August 2021 at 7 pm IST with an objective to narrate and discuss the
changes in the Wikimedia Grants relaunch strategy process.
Tanveer Hasan will be the primary speaker in the call discussing the grants
strategy and answering questions related to that. You are invited to attend
the call.

== Why you may consider joining ==
Let's start with answering "why"?
You may find this call helpful and may consider joining if—
* You are a Wikimedia grant recipient (rapid grant, project grant,
conference grant etc.)
* You are thinking of applying for any of the mentioned grants.
* You are a community/affiliate leader/contact person, and your community
needs information about the proposed grants programs.
* You are interested to know about the program for any other reason or you
have questions.

In brief,
As grants are very important part of our program and activities, as an
individual or a community/user group member/leader you may consider joining
to know more—
* about the proposed programs,
* the changes and how are they going to affect individuals/communities
* or to ask your questions.

== Event page ==
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call
We request you to add your name in the participants list:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020%E2%80%932021_India_call#Participants
If you find this interesting, please inform your community/user group so
that interested Wikimedians can join the call.
Thank you
Tito Dutta
Access to Knowledge,
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Board election postponed until August 18th

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The board election is postponed until 18 August due to some technical
issues. As Quim has mentioned below the message can be read in other
languages (or you may help to translate).

-- Forwarded message -
প্রেরক: Quim Gil 
Date: মঙ্গল, ৩ আগস্ট, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:১৭ AM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Board election postponed until August 18th
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello, all.

(You can read this announcement in other languages on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election
)

We are reaching out to you today regarding the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation
Board of Trustees election
. This
election was due to open on August 4th. Due to some technical issues with
SecurePoll, the election must be delayed by two weeks. This means we plan
to launch the election on August 18th, which is the day after Wikimania
concludes.


For information on the technical issues, you can see the Phabricator ticket
.

We are truly sorry for this delay and hope that we will get back on
schedule on August 18th. We are in touch with the Elections Committee and
the candidates to coordinate next steps. We will update the Board election
Talk page

and Telegram channel  as we know more.
We are translating this announcement on Meta

and we are starting the mass distribution of the news as we speak.

-- 
Quim Gil (he/him)
Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee

[Tito Dutta]

Greetings,
Some of you might find it useful.


-- Forwarded message -
এনার থেকে: Kaarel Vaidla 
Date: রবি, 1 আগ., 2021 3:47 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter
Drafting Committee
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear fellow Wikimedians,


Movement Strategy announces the Call for Candidates for the Movement
Charter Drafting Committee
.
The Call opens August 2, 2021 and closes September 1, 2021.

The Committee is expected to represent diversity in the Movement
.
Diversity includes gender, language, geography, and experience. This
comprises participation in projects, affiliates, and the Wikimedia
Foundation.

English fluency is not required to become a member. If needed, translation
and interpretation support is provided. Members will receive an allowance
to offset participation costs. It is US$100 every two months.

We are looking for people who have some of the following skills

:

   - Know how to write collaboratively. (demonstrated experience is a plus)
   - Are ready to find compromises.
   - Focus on inclusion and diversity.
   - Have knowledge of community consultations.
   - Have intercultural communication experience.
   - Have governance or organization experience in non-profits or
   communities.
   - Have experience negotiating with different parties.

The Committee is expected to start with 15 people. If there are 20 or more
candidates, a mixed election and selection process will happen. If there
are 19 or fewer candidates, then the process of selection without election
takes place.

Will you help move Wikimedia forward in this important role? As August 2
has arrived to the most "eastern" time zones (e.g. the Line Islands
), you can already *submit your
candidacy here
*
.

Please contact strategy2030[image: (_AT_)]wikimedia.org with questions.


Wishing you all a wonderful month of August!
-- 

Kaarel Vaidla (he/him)

Movement Strategy 

Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: [Fwd from Wikimedia-l] Announcing The New Grants Strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation

[Tito Dutta]

Namaskara/Hello,
The Wikimedia SAARC call on the new grants process will be tomorrow.
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021 at 7:30 pm Indian Standard Time.
Location: Google Meet link to attend the call:
https://meet.google.com/fjy-bvux-nnc

The call might be very helpful to understand what is changing, different
components of the grants, application procedure etc. The call will be in
English and there will be Indian language support[1]

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved#Office_hours

ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত
(মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)


সোম, ১৯ জুলাই, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:০৬ PM টায় এ Tito Dutta 
লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> This is an update about the grants structure and different funding
> programs. The list might find this information useful. The Asia Friendly
> Time call is on 23 July 2021. There is a SAARC call on 27 July 2021,
> English with Indian languages support,
> Please see these call details, timing and the Google Meet link (will be
> updated) here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved#Office_hours
> See also the "Original message" below. I think these calls will be helpful
> to understand the grants structure, scope, components, and the procedure.
> ইতি,/Regards
> টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta
>
> -- Original forwarded message -
> প্রেরক: Kassia Echavarri-Queen 
> Date: শুক্র, ১৬ জুলাই, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:৪৭ AM টায়
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing The New Grants Strategy for the
> Wikimedia Foundation
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> (Note: The original thread can be seen on the web also:
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/TNOHQDWEW2ZJQYPB3P2PICD2PIYUHG7H/
> )
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> The Community Resources team is excited to announce on Diff
> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/>
> the launch of the new Wikimedia funding strategy focused on decentralized
> decision-making, regional committees and reaching underrepresented
> communities [1]. Over the last 10 months we have worked together with
> communities to discuss, understand and develop an approach that addresses
> their needs and moves us towards the realization of the 2030 strategic
> direction [2]. Thank you for all of your participation to make this a
> reality.
>
> The three new funding programs:
>
> The Wikimedia Community Fund
>
>-
>
>The Community Fund is a unified program with flexible support and
>funding for Wikimedians working on knowledge equity aligned with the
>movement’s strategic direction.
>
>
> The Wikimedia Alliances Fund
>
>-
>
>The Alliances Fund, for mission-aligned organizations in
>underrepresented communities who want to collaborate and amplify our work.
>
>
> The Wikimedia Research and Technology Fund
>
>-
>
>The Research and Technology Fund for improving technology, tools, and
>research to nurture a more responsive and accessible environment for
>contributions.
>
>
> This people-centred approach is built on the principles of equity &
> empowerment, collaboration & cooperation, and the promotion of innovation
> and learning.
>
> Our team has also adapted to provide consistent regional support and the
> establishment of a learning mindset for the funding approach. We know this
> is just the beginning and it will be an iterative process. As we implement
> and learn we will adapt. We also understand the worldwide impact of the
> continuing COVID pandemic and our first priority is to be in solidarity and
> have flexibility with communities around the world.
>
> The three programs will be introduced in a phased approach throughout the
> year. We will first launch with the Wikimedia Community Fund now in July.
> We invite you to learn more about the programs on our meta page [3].
>
> We have hosted a series of office hours throughout June and July [4] and
> will continue in the coming weeks to discuss the new programs. Each program
> officer is also reaching out and answering questions with individual
> grantees as part of the transition process.
>
> Office Hours:
>
>-
>
>03:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Asia-Pacific friendly time)
>-
>
>18:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time)
>
>
>
> We thank you again for all of the collaboration to arrive at this new
> strategy and we are excited to begin this journey together.
>
> Wishing everyone the best,
>
> Kassia on behalf of the Community Resources team
>
>
>1.
>
>
>
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/co

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Fwd from Wikimedia-l] Announcing The New Grants Strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation

[Tito Dutta]

 Hello,
This is an update about the grants structure and different funding
programs. The list might find this information useful. The Asia Friendly
Time call is on 23 July 2021. There is a SAARC call on 27 July 2021,
English with Indian languages support,
Please see these call details, timing and the Google Meet link (will be
updated) here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved#Office_hours
See also the "Original message" below. I think these calls will be helpful
to understand the grants structure, scope, components, and the procedure.
ইতি,/Regards
টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta

-- Original forwarded message -
প্রেরক: Kassia Echavarri-Queen 
Date: শুক্র, ১৬ জুলাই, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:৪৭ AM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing The New Grants Strategy for the Wikimedia
Foundation
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
(Note: The original thread can be seen on the web also:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/TNOHQDWEW2ZJQYPB3P2PICD2PIYUHG7H/
)

Dear Wikimedians,

The Community Resources team is excited to announce on Diff

the launch of the new Wikimedia funding strategy focused on decentralized
decision-making, regional committees and reaching underrepresented
communities [1]. Over the last 10 months we have worked together with
communities to discuss, understand and develop an approach that addresses
their needs and moves us towards the realization of the 2030 strategic
direction [2]. Thank you for all of your participation to make this a
reality.

The three new funding programs:

The Wikimedia Community Fund

   -

   The Community Fund is a unified program with flexible support and
   funding for Wikimedians working on knowledge equity aligned with the
   movement’s strategic direction.


The Wikimedia Alliances Fund

   -

   The Alliances Fund, for mission-aligned organizations in
   underrepresented communities who want to collaborate and amplify our work.


The Wikimedia Research and Technology Fund

   -

   The Research and Technology Fund for improving technology, tools, and
   research to nurture a more responsive and accessible environment for
   contributions.


This people-centred approach is built on the principles of equity &
empowerment, collaboration & cooperation, and the promotion of innovation
and learning.

Our team has also adapted to provide consistent regional support and the
establishment of a learning mindset for the funding approach. We know this
is just the beginning and it will be an iterative process. As we implement
and learn we will adapt. We also understand the worldwide impact of the
continuing COVID pandemic and our first priority is to be in solidarity and
have flexibility with communities around the world.

The three programs will be introduced in a phased approach throughout the
year. We will first launch with the Wikimedia Community Fund now in July.
We invite you to learn more about the programs on our meta page [3].

We have hosted a series of office hours throughout June and July [4] and
will continue in the coming weeks to discuss the new programs. Each program
officer is also reaching out and answering questions with individual
grantees as part of the transition process.

Office Hours:

   -

   03:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Asia-Pacific friendly time)
   -

   18:00 UTC – 2021-07-23 (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly time)



We thank you again for all of the collaboration to arrive at this new
strategy and we are excited to begin this journey together.

Wishing everyone the best,

Kassia on behalf of the Community Resources team


   1.


   
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/07/15/community-resources-announces-new-funding-strategy/
   2.


   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Overview
   3.

   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start
   4.


   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunch_2020-2021/Get_involved


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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Stay Safe Stay Connected: Session III: Neighbourhood Community Solidarity discussion

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Sorry to inform you that this session is cancelled/postponed at this moment
because of logistical reasons. I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience
caused.
Regards



বৃহস্পতি, ১০ জুন, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:৩৩ PM টায় এ Satdeep Gill <
satdeepg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello everyone / Sat Sri Akal / Namaskar / Adaab,
>
> The third session of Stay safe, stay connected will take place on *Sunday,
> 20 June 2021 *at *7:00 pm to 8:30 pm IST*. In this session, we are
> inviting Wikimedians from neighbourhood countries to participate.
> Wikimedians from *Bangladesh*, *India*, *Nepal*, *Pakistan*, *Sri Lanka*
> etc. are expected to participate.
>
> For more details, feel free to see the event page here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected#Session_III
>
> In this neighbourhood community solidarity session, the participants can—
> 1. share about the projects and exciting events they are doing in the
> countries;
> 2. learn what is going on in other regions in the neighbourhood;
> 3. possibly think or discuss past cross-border collaboration or
> collaborative projects;
> 4. possibly discuss any point of tension among the Wikimedia projects;
>
> (Please read more on Diff:
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/06/08/stay-safe-stay-connected-session-iii-neighbourhood-community-solidarity/
> )
>
> *Asaf Bartov *will be the facilitator of this meeting. The session will
> be hosted on Zoom. Please fill this short form, if you are interested to
> attend the talk: https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
>
> You may alternatively send an email to w...@cis-india.org if you have
> trouble filling the Google form or if you have any query.
>
> P.S. Feel free to speak in your native language during the call. That's
> cool. We'll try to translate.
>
> Regards
> Satdeep
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Stay safe, stay connected, an interaction zone: First talk with Asaf Bartov on 22 May 2021, Saturday

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Thanks for your question. The call details are sent over email and not
posted publicly for this call for two reasons: a) to avoid possible
Zoombombing, b) to have an understanding of who is willing to attend
(username).
Regards.

শনি, ২২ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:১৫ AM টায় এ Jayantilal Kothari <
jayantilal...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Dear Tito,
> Why can't sign up be on Meta and chat be open.
>
> Even WMF does Office Hours open for all.
>
> This Google Form sign up with collection of email, name and other personal
> details.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, 22 May 2021 at 08:02, টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> The call will take place today, Saturday 22 May 2021. We'll start exactly
>> at 7 pm IST.
>> We have sent invitations to them who have registered.
>> In case, if you have registered and have not received an invitation
>> please let us know by sending an email to w...@cis-india.org
>> If you have not registered yet, you can still register filling this form:
>> https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
>> Note, the registration will close at 6 pm, an hour before the talk begins.
>> Stay safe, stay connected,
>>
>>
>>
>> বৃহস্পতি, ২০ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ৩:০৩ PM টায় এ Jayanta Nath <
>> jayanta...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> The meet will take place on 22 May 2021 at 7 pm IST. We'll use the Zoom
>>> platform. Thanks to everyone who has registered so far. Note, for
>>> logistical purposes, registration will close at 6:00 pm, 22 May 2021. We'll
>>> send the Zoom details to the registered participants tomorrow (Friday) and
>>> Saturday.
>>>
>>> You can see the event page here:
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected
>>> If you have not registered yet, and wish to attend the talk, please fill
>>> this form: https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
>>>
>>> Stay safe, stay connected,
>>> Jayanta Nath
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> --
> Regards,
>
> Jayantilal
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Re: Stay safe, stay connected, an interaction zone: First talk with Asaf Bartov on 22 May 2021, Saturday

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The call will take place today, Saturday 22 May 2021. We'll start exactly
at 7 pm IST.
We have sent invitations to them who have registered.
In case, if you have registered and have not received an invitation please
let us know by sending an email to w...@cis-india.org
If you have not registered yet, you can still register filling this form:
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
Note, the registration will close at 6 pm, an hour before the talk begins.
Stay safe, stay connected,



বৃহস্পতি, ২০ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ৩:০৩ PM টায় এ Jayanta Nath <
jayanta...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> The meet will take place on 22 May 2021 at 7 pm IST. We'll use the Zoom
> platform. Thanks to everyone who has registered so far. Note, for
> logistical purposes, registration will close at 6:00 pm, 22 May 2021. We'll
> send the Zoom details to the registered participants tomorrow (Friday) and
> Saturday.
>
> You can see the event page here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected
> If you have not registered yet, and wish to attend the talk, please fill
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Stay safe, stay connected, an interaction zone: First talk with Asaf Bartov on 22 May 2021, Saturday

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

 Hello,
Hope this email finds you safe in this difficult time. Many people and
Wikimedians have been affected or have suffered a loss. In an effort to
ensure community solidarity where Wikimedians can meet and talk to each
other, we are starting a lightweight interaction zone for the Wikimedians
in India. This interaction zone is named "Stay Safe Stay Connected".

Please see the event page here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected

The first talk will be on Saturday, 22 May 2021, 7 pm to 8 pm IST (1:30 pm
to 2:30 pm UTC). Asaf Bartov will be the guest of the session. Asaf is a
familiar name and he has been a mentor to many Wikimedians in India. This
will be a lightweight discussion on general Wiki-topic (note the exact
agenda will be updated on the event page before the event)

We invite you to join the first talk. The session will be hosted on Zoom.
Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the first
interactive talk on 22 May 2021
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7

Please follow the event page for updates. Stay safe, stay connected!

Regards,
Tito Dutta
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] First round of Movement Strategy Implementation Grants

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Here is an update from the Wikimedia Strategy team. Interested community
members from India may have a look.

The Movement Strategy team has also started weekly "updates". 5 May and 12
May updates (and the upcoming updates) may be seen here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Updates

ইতি,/Thanks
টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta


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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] First round of Movement Strategy Implementation
Grants
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , <
wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org>


The first call for Movement Strategy Implementation Grants is open. These
grants can support short-term planning activities with a budget of up to
$2,000 USD.

*Apply by the end of June 15
*!
We look forward to reading your applications. We are available for any
follow-up questions or clarifications via strategy2...@wikimedia.org.

-- 
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Condition of a Wikimedian, arrested by UP Police

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Indeed the news has been disturbing. I pray for Siddique's recovery.

I agree that it is important to have a legal support system in the Indian
Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard Wikimedia volunteers for their Wikimedia
contribution/activities, or to provide necessary advice. As a member of
Access to Knowledge (A2K), I initiated a discussion sometime ago, to work
on a legal support model in India. I think we should work on it with
Wikimedia Foundation and the community to provide necessary support.
Suggestion is welcome.
Regards
Tito Dutta
Member, Access to Knowledge



রবি, ৯ মে, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:৫৬ AM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hi Praveenp,
>
> First of all, thanks for your courage to bring this incident openly in the
> mailing list. This was one of the most disturbing news from last year. The
> overall incident of how Siddique was arrested and charged for sedition
> while trying to report a gang rape case, how he was treated in the prison
> and in the hospital was extremely distressing.
>
> I personally always felt that individual Wikimedia volunteers are always
> in an extremely vulnerable position. There is no legal support system
> present in the Indian Wikimedia ecosystem to safeguard or prevent Wikimedia
> volunteers from being harrassed by state or charged or arrested for any
> controversial content present on Wikipedia. Although Sidheeq was not
> charged for anything related to his Wikimedia work and to some people,
> maybe his arrest has nothing to do with the Wikimedia community, but it
> gives us a chance to think, what happens if this kind of incident happens
> to any one of us with respect to any controversial content present on any
> Wikimedia sites. I strongly feel that we need to build a good legal support
> system sustainable enough to help volunteers in distress anytime anywhere
> in India; the scope of such a support system can be defined or discussed,
> but something should be there.
>
> At present, as volunteers, we are so helpless that we can only pray that
> everything will be fine someday automagically, but that is just to console
> ourselves. The fact is we are too powerless to condemn the incident or
> issue a statement or even bring this topic to the mailing list. Personally,
> I feel helpless like everyone else. I just hope that someday this
> discussion will help build a legal support system whom we can approach
> while in distress.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
>
> On Sun, May 9, 2021, 08:56 Abhinav srivastava 
> wrote:
>
>> I pray for User:Sidheeq speedy recovery. Having known and worked with
>> him. This is deeply concerning.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 9 May 2021, 01:36 praveenp,  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Indian Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested
>>> by Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His
>>> wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active
>>> in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam Wikipedia) until his arrest.
>>>
>>> Incidently he is a journalist and he was arrested from the home of
>>> Hathras rape and murder victim while reporting the victim Dalit girl's
>>> family members. UP Police has slapped Sedition, Terrorism as well as UAPA
>>> charges against him.
>>>
>>> Kappen is diabetic and now COVID positive. He was admitted to hospital
>>> only after he collapsed in the jail cell. With his deteriorating health, it
>>> was accused that Kappan was chained to hospital bed like an animal. Today's
>>> news reports say that he is in critical condition. (You could always google
>>> "Siddique Kappan")
>>>
>>> As a tone deaf people I don't expect anything from this mail, I just
>>> wish to share the information.
>>>
>>> Stay Inside, Stay Complementary (non-critical), Stay safe, Stay healthy.
>>>
>>>
>>> User:Praveenp
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WMF Fundraising campaign India cancelled

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Thanks for the update and the good wishes. Thanks a lot for sharing the
support for Wikimedians details.
Regards,


রবি, ৯ মে, ২০২১ ১:৩৭ AM তারিখে Julia Brungs  লিখেছেন:

> Dear all,
>
> We informed you about our fundraising test back in March [1] and I just
> quickly wanted to follow up on this initial message. Due to the COVID 19
> situation in India we have decided to not run the fundraising campaign. The
> campaign will happen at some stage in the future and I will be in touch
> with more details in plenty of time.
>
> Our thoughts are with you all and for those of you who are not aware yet,
> there is COVID 19 support available for Indian Wikipedia volunteers [2].
>
> In case you have not met me yet, hi, I am Julia, the new Community
> Relations person in the Advancement Department. If you have any questions
> or comments, please do get in touch and I will help you further.
>
> All my best,
> Julia
>
> [1]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2021-March/014944.html
>
> [2]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2021-April/014978.html
>
> --
> *Julia Brungs*
> Senior Community Relations Specialist
> Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] A2K Annual Proposal is submitted

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The annual proposal of A2K has been submitted for the program year
2021–2022. You can see the proposal here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2020-2021_round_2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Proposal_form
Thanks for your support.
Tito Dutta
Member of Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

The CAC meeting is on 13 May. Please read details below.

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এনার থেকে: Shani Evenstein 
Date: শুক্র, ৩০ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ ২:১৬ AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May
13
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello, everyone.

TLDR:

The Board of Trustees’ Community Affairs Committee

(CAC) is hosting its first office hour on May 13, 2021 at 19:00 UTC (check
for your local time )!

Now in more details:

What are we announcing?

The CAC is a new Board of Trustees

committee established to assess, explore and address current and future
community-related efforts. The Committee's Charter

lists its full responsibilities, with the first 3 being a priority for this
coming year.

As part of our commitment to foster better communications with the
Wikimedia Movement Community, and based on feedback received from community
members requesting more availability from the Board of Trustees, the CAC
will be hosting its first Office hours.

When & Where?

The Office hours will be held on May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC (check for your
local time ) via Zoom. At least
3 Trustees, as well as relevant WMF staff will be in attendance. The
session will be streamed live and recorded, so those who cannot participate
live will be able to watch later.

How will it work?

The meeting will last for 60 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of an
“open room”. The first 60 minutes will be divided into 45 minutes of
structured Q & A (based on either updates from the CAC and questions sent
by the community in advance). The final 15 minutes will be in the “ask us
anything” format, with live participation. We will be monitoring live
YouTube, Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group
 and the Wikimedia General
Chat Telegram group  and the talk page on
Meta
.
The structure is meant to enable the CAC to not only update the community
on current matters the Board is working on, but also hear directly from the
community, which will help inform the Committee’s future work.

Setting the agenda with your Questions

In order to be as efficient as possible, and since we anticipate that some
questions will require answers from WMF Staff, we are encouraging community
members to send questions in advance. Please send all questions to
ask...@wikimedia.org, by Friday, May 7th (midnight, whatever time zone you
may be in). The office hour agenda will be based on the main topics related
to the questions received. We will share this agenda on Meta

on May 12, including final names of Trustees in attendance.

How to register?

For security reasons and specifically to avoid Zoombombing
, we will be sending the Zoom
link only to people who have registered in advance close to the meeting. In
order to register, please send an email to ask...@wikimedia.org, indicating
your name, username, affiliation if you have any. The title should be:
“Registration for the May 13th CAC Office Hours”.

Please note --

   -

   This is the first time that the Board is attempting something of the
   sort. This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes - how many people are
   interested in attending, timing, translation needs etc --  and make
   decisions about future meetings / changes to format accordingly.
   -

   The session will be moderated based on the Universal Code of Conduct
   
   -

   Universally blocked users will not be allowed in the room, but can still
   participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time.


Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your local /
online communities.

Hoping to see as many of you as possible,

Shani Evenstein Sigalov

Chair, Community Affairs Committee

Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation.


Shani Evenstein Sigalov


Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most valuable movement asset

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

A brief update has been posted while answering a question on Wikimedia-l.
The page is under construction, and an announcement on the India mailing
list will be made separately with details in a few days.


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Date: বুধ, ২৮ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ১০:১৬ PM টায়
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] COVID-19 second wave and protection of our most
valuable movement asset
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello Andreas and all,

There is some good news. Wikimedia Foundation Community Resources team has
given permission to CIS-A2K to allot funds to reimburse vaccines, send
COVID protection kits and provide counselling for Wikimedia volunteers in
India. CIS-A2K has consulted Foreign Currency Regulation Act expert lawyers
and got confirmation that the program can be executed as per the law of
India. With this progress, we are now good to go. We had formed a 5-members
committee of physicians (4 of them) from the Indian Wikimedia volunteer
community. They had their first meeting almost an hour ago to decide the
next steps to provide support as quickly and efficiently as possible. The
action points are noted from the meeting and within a few days, we are sure
that we will be able to provide support to the volunteers.  A meta page is
also being drafted, which will undergo expansion and modification in the
next few years. The lnk is here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India

Regards,
Bodhisattwa




On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 20:24, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:

> Dear Bodhisattwa,
>
> Could I ask you to please keep us up to date on the further Wikimedia
> response to your request?
>
> I would love to hear about anything good that is happening as a result of
> your having asked here – and if nothing useful is happening, I would love
> to hear about that too – here or by private email, if you prefer.
>
> I am very aware that the WMF ran its first fundraising campaign in India
> this fiscal year, and that one of the fundraising banner messages asked
> people ... "to donate. Show the volunteers who bring you reliable neutral
> information that their work matters."[1]
>
> And as you can read in my other post today, it's not like the Wikimedia
> Foundation is poor.
>
> Be safe.
> Andreas
>
> [1]
> https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/wikipedia-makes-an-awkward-request-for-donations-in-india-71596125951781.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
>
>
> We (the community resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation) have been in
> contact with colleagues from the Wikimedia movement in India and wanted to
> share some of the preliminary outcomes of our discussions.
>
>
>
> Firstly, we want to acknowledge the disastrous effect COVID-19 has had on
> Wikimedia communities and its members across the movement. The COVID-19
> pandemic has affected many of us in both direct and indirect ways.
>
>
>
> As has been noted by others on this email chain, we all agree that
> Wikimedia volunteers are the most valuable assets of our movement.  As
> mentioned in the previous email, providing insurance support to Wikimedia
> volunteers in India would not have been possible due to regulatory and
> legal challenges. However, we are committed to provide other help and
> service to ensure that the movement is supported.
>
>
>
> As discussed on this chain, we feel that our partners are the best placed
> to understand the needs locally and regionally. We are therefore working
> with colleagues from India directly to provide practical help and support
> to the movement there including access to vaccines, PPE kits, disseminating
> knowledge and fighting misinformation. We will continue to partner with
> them and others to establish criteria in line with our mission to support
> the communities. These are exceptional times, indeed but together we will
> be able to make a difference and support each other.
>
>
>
> For any questions about this initiative please feel free to contact:
> communityresour...@wikimedia.org
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> On behalf of Community Resources Team,
>
> Tanveer Hasan
>
>
> ಗುರು, ಏಪ್ರಿ 22, 2021 ರಂದು 02:41 ಅಪರಾಹ್ನ ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ರಂದು Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> ಅವರು ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > COVID-19 has hit hard in India again making it the leading epicentre of
> > the disease caused by the new mutated strains. The infection and death
> > tolls have reached record high and the health system in different parts
> of
> > the country is on the verge of collapse.
> >
> > Like other common people, many Wikimedians might have lost their jobs
> last
> > year. Like last year, this year too, many volunteers have been infected
> and
> > hospitalised. Some of them have lost their family members, relatives,
> > friends and other dear ones.
> >
> > Volunteer online community is the heart of our movement and every
> > dedicated, experienced and long-term volunteers are our most valuable
> > asset. It is not at all exaggerating to say that many language 

[Wikimediaindia-l] “Care”-ful and Effective Wikimedia Community Engagement process, especially during COVID-19 pandemic

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
I believe that it is a shared feeling that there are too many important
processes going on simultaneously or starting one after another, asking,
reminding and re-reminding for community inputs/involvement. This is not
only adding stress on the community, but the community input process is
also becoming ineffective gradually.
This is also alarming during the pandemic when people are already stressed
for various reasons.

We are currently having the Strategy2030 implementation process, at the
same time Wikimedia Board redesign process, and at the same time new grants
relaunch process, at the same time several other things such as UCoC, A2K
needs-assessment and various other things etc. In case you are not getting
a lot of response, I believe one of the major reasons is: there are just
too many things.

Thinking from a volunteer’s perspective, an editor gets an hour or two in a
day and has very limited time to make contributions to a Wikimedia project
such as Wikidata or Wikisource.

FOMO: We can’t really say that all the processes and RfCs are optional and
no one is forcing anything. There is a concept called “FOMO (Fear of
Missing Out)”. If there is an important process like Strategy2030, Board
redesign, grants redesign or some A2K RfC is going on, there will
definitely be a sense of guilt inside a Wikimedian that they did not
participate. More importantly, all these need maximum participation.

Think of this: If you want to put a Wikimedia central notice or banner, you
don’t go directly and put the banner. Isn't it so? But you go through a
process, discuss on a central noticeboard, where the Meta-Wiki
stewards/admins align things, place things in the queue and eliminate
excessiveness.
Let’s think of a situation when you open a Wiki(m/p)edia page and you see
there are four or five banners covering everything at the top asking for
inputs on various things. So many banners — how bad it would look like.
Unfortunately, something similar is happening with the community input
process now.

== Solution process ==
To ensure a) care towards the community, b) that we get the best inputs for
the most important processes, here are a few suggestions (I believe
collectively we can find a more detailed and better process)
* There should be a central body ensuring that there are not too many
overlapping things for a particular community, project or zone. Currently,
all the things are simultaneous, without noting or caring that there are
several other things.
* Please do a community health check: I am seeing everywhere there is not
much response/involvement these days. I believe Community involvement and
Community health need some serious study.
* During a pandemic, make a priority list, and please postpone/stop the
things which are not really urgent.

I am sending this email too to Wikimediaindia-l, I am more comfortable at
my home-mailing-list. I hope the message will be relayed if you think it
makes sense.

Wishing you a Happy Ugadi (Kn: ಯುಗಾದಿ, Te: ఉగాది), Pahela Baishakh (Bn:
পহেলা বৈশাখ, As: ৰঙালী বিহু) or greetings for your new year/festival.
Regards.
User:Titodutta
(Message sent in a volunteer capacity)

PS: You may also see a similar email sent “Open letter to Wikimedia
Foundation Board: COVID-19: Exceptional Situation Needs Exceptional
Measures”
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2021-April/014955.html
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Katherine Maher's farewell video - Participate before 12 April!

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Forwarding from Wikimedia-l mailing list.
This category might be useful:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Katherine_Maher_at_WikiConference_India_2016
ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত

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Date: বৃহস্পতি, ৮ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ৭:৫৭ PM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Katherine Maher's farewell video -
Participate before 12 April!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear friends and colleagues,

As we announced a few days back, we're compiling a video farewell for
Katherine, and we would love for you all to participate and send her off
with a few words. This takes 30 seconds! Maybe a thank you or a joke in
your language, maybe parts of a song, maybe just a hand-held picture and a
few words, maybe a funny memory you have with her so that she gets to keep
a live feeling of all of her Wikimedia community friends and colleagues for
years to come.

Katherine’s last day as ED of the Wikimedia Foundation will be next
Thursday, April 15. If you’d like to share a short message, please record
the video via your phone or computer by going to the Tribute webpage
 [1]. Please keep your message
under 30 seconds! The deadline to submit a video is Monday, April 12.*

This will be shared with her and something she'll get to look at to recall
all the people who make our movement, beyond the nicknames and the
editcount.

Please share this message on other mailing lists as widely as you can!

Thank you for your participation!

Delphine

[1] https://www.tribute.co/katherine-maher/

*Tribute is a third party service based in the United States, with its own
terms of service [2] and privacy policy [3]. Please review their terms and
privacy policy before submitting your video. In order to submit your video,
you may need to provide Tribute with a name and email address. If you are
not comfortable submitting your real name or email, we recommend using a
username or pseudonym instead. By submitting a video, you are giving the
Foundation consent to include your segment in a video montage that will be
shared with Katherine.
[2] https://www.tribute.co/termsofservice/
[3] https://www.tribute.co/privacy/

-- 

*Delphine Ménard* (she/her)
Lead Orientation Specialist
User:Delphine_(WMF)
Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Open letter to Wikimedia Foundation Board: COVID-19: Exceptional Situation Needs Exceptional Measures

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello Wikimedia Foundation Board,

In a part of this email, although I am recalling things as a Program
Person, I am writing this email entirely as a volunteer. I have been
contributing to the movement for several years now, and my questions and
comments are in my volunteer capacity. I request you to kindly assume good
faith.

In the first week of August 2020, when India started suffering from the
first wave of COVID-19, I, as a part of the A2K program in India, wrote to
Wikimedia Foundation and informed them that every year to conduct a series
of workshops, etc. This year the situation was different and the pandemic
was affecting many lives, definitely, the Wikimedians around were also
affected. We asked, as part of care, could we spend a part of the budget to
provide Corona insurances to Wikimedians and families in India?

Wikimedia Foundation wrote back to us after some time and informed us that
that was not possible for several reasons such as legal concerns regarding
insurance registration as well as settlement and liability issues, or it
will set up precedence which can not be continued with other affiliates
etc. I won't go into detail, however in brief the idea was not allowed.

Now, at the time of writing this open letter, India has started facing the
second wave (yesterday we have seen 100,000 confirmed cases in India for
the first time) count. "We never did" or "this will create precedence" can
not be the reason for not doing something. We, in the movement, have spent
quite a lot of money on different things including brand awareness.

We talk about WP:EXCEPTIONAL, an exceptional situation requires exceptional
measures and actions. This "is" an exceptional situation and needs
"exceptional attention".

Most probably the Wikimedia board is in a position to make a decision. I am
not sure what Wikimedia Foundation has done to "directly" support the
Wikimedians globally during this pandemic.

Is it possible that Wikimedia Foundation spends a certain percentage of
their revenue (such as 20% of the total annual revenue) to directly support
affected Wikimedians globally? I am not asking to support everyone, as that
might be out of scope, in the movement.

Can Wikimedia spend a certain percentage of the Wikimedia movement's total
annual revenue for the current and next year to plan various things to
support and compensate affected Wikimedians?

Otherwise, in any other major and sustainable way, it would be awesome if
the Wikimedia Foundation shows their care.

Please assume good faith.

Regards.

User:Titodutta
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India || International Mother Language Day || The Third Day: 21 February 2021

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
We concluded the third day of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. Thanks to all
the participants. We thank the Wikimedians who helped in designing the
program by commenting on the Meta-Wiki RfC[1], needs-assessment, mailing
list, village pump. We are thanking the program committee members,
organising committee members, event advisor, all the presenters/trainers,
moderators, and note-takers for your kind support and participation.

After the conclusion of the main event, we'll work on these things:
a) Feedback: Your feedback is important, we'll start the feedback process
very soon.
b) Presentations and videos are being uploaded, and please find those on
this page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program (work
under progress)
c) We'll start working on the report, and the report will have multiple
layers.
d) The post-event first newsletter will be published in the first week of
March:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Newsletter
Thanks and regards.

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Request_for_Comments

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শনি, ২০ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:১০ PM টায় এ টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello, Namaste, Namaskara, Assalam ‘Alaykum, Sat Srī Akāl , Vanakkam*
> We just concluded the second day of the Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021.
> Tomorrow, 21 February 2021, is the International Mother Language Day. This
> is also our third day of the program.
> These are the details of three tracks and the sessions are below:
> * Language Track: Learn about Digital Archiving in Kannada and other
> languages, Spell4Wiki tool, LinguaLibre tool, Section translation on mobile
> devices
> * Community Track: Internship Program in Tamil Wiki Projects,
> 100wikidays, Rules that Every Wiki Needs, Relicensing initiatives in
> Maharashtra etc,
> * Skill building Track: Wikisource training, Wikivoyage training,
>  Building a diamond open access journal on Wikimedia platform etc,
>
> Tomorrow on the occasion of International Mother Language Day during the
> closing session, we'll talk about: "International Mother Language Day - The
> love for Language and a sound of silence "
> Please join the sessions,
> See the program schedule:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_3_(Sunday,_21_February)
> Instant registration option is open still for Wikimedians, see the
> procedure:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>
> Regards
>
> * "Greetings" (see in different languages:
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45594 )
>
>
> ইতি,
> টিটো দত্ত
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India || International Mother Language Day || The Third Day: 21 February 2021

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello, Namaste, Namaskara, Assalam ‘Alaykum, Sat Srī Akāl , Vanakkam*
We just concluded the second day of the Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021.
Tomorrow, 21 February 2021, is the International Mother Language Day. This
is also our third day of the program.
These are the details of three tracks and the sessions are below:
* Language Track: Learn about Digital Archiving in Kannada and other
languages, Spell4Wiki tool, LinguaLibre tool, Section translation on mobile
devices
* Community Track: Internship Program in Tamil Wiki Projects, 100wikidays,
Rules that Every Wiki Needs, Relicensing initiatives in Maharashtra etc,
* Skill building Track: Wikisource training, Wikivoyage training,  Building
a diamond open access journal on Wikimedia platform etc,

Tomorrow on the occasion of International Mother Language Day during the
closing session, we'll talk about: "International Mother Language Day - The
love for Language and a sound of silence "
Please join the sessions,
See the program schedule:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_3_(Sunday,_21_February)
Instant registration option is open still for Wikimedians, see the
procedure:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration

Regards

* "Greetings" (see in different languages:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45594 )


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Join us for Day 2

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

 Namaskara,
The second half of the day: Strategy track sessions are going to begin at
Wikimedia Wikimeet at 6:10 pm IST / 12:40 pm UTC (today).
There are important and interesting sessions today:
* Sustainability Initiative — User:Gnom
* Wikimedia Grants process in 2021 — User: THasan (WMF)
* Wikimedia Movement Strategy in South Asia — Anna Torres (WMAR), Hillun
Vilayl Napis (WMID), Kayode Yussuf, THasan (WMF), MPourzaki (WMF), RMerkley
(WMF)
* Distributed Leadership — MPourzaki (WMF), KVaidla (WMF), RMerkley (WMF)
Please join for the second half of the day.

Program schedule:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program

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শুক্র, ১৯ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:০৮ PM টায় এ টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> We just concluded day one of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. Some of the
> participants, presenters attended the session during odd hours. Thanks for
> the support, and participation.
> Tomorrow (20 February) is day two and we have interesting sessions as
> well.
> * Special morning session: We have a special morning session: 10:30 to
> 11:00 am IST / 5:00 am to 5:30 UTC /10:30 am. Wikimedia Foundation
> Executive director Katherine Maher will share remarks about the future of
> the movement, movement strategy, and support for emerging communities. She
> will be joined by Amanda Keton, General Counsel, and a member of the
> Wikimedia Foundation’s Transition Team for open Q
> * Main session: Our Main Session starts at 2:00 pm IST and we have
> sessions in the Technical and Wikimedia Strategy track. Please see all
> programs of day 2:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_2_(Saturday,_20_February),
> All the sessions will be recorded.
>
> Hope to see a similarly enthusiastic response. You may see the "Quick
> registration" option:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration
>
> ইতি,
> টিটো দত্ত
> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Join us for Day 2

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
We just concluded day one of Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. Some of the
participants, presenters attended the session during odd hours. Thanks for
the support, and participation.
Tomorrow (20 February) is day two and we have interesting sessions as well.
* Special morning session: We have a special morning session: 10:30 to
11:00 am IST / 5:00 am to 5:30 UTC /10:30 am. Wikimedia Foundation
Executive director Katherine Maher will share remarks about the future of
the movement, movement strategy, and support for emerging communities. She
will be joined by Amanda Keton, General Counsel, and a member of the
Wikimedia Foundation’s Transition Team for open Q
* Main session: Our Main Session starts at 2:00 pm IST and we have sessions
in the Technical and Wikimedia Strategy track. Please see all programs of
day 2:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Day_2_(Saturday,_20_February),
All the sessions will be recorded.

Hope to see a similarly enthusiastic response. You may see the "Quick
registration" option:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#Instant_registration

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello Rajeeb,
We have sent an email to you regarding your application of registration.
The organising committee has made a decision regarding participation.
Regards.

বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ ১১:২৪ AM তারিখে Rajeeb Dutta 
লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
>
> I had registered myself before the registration last date, but failed to
> fill up the Google form to specify the program which I want to attend
> before the registration last date, is that is the reason I haven’t received
> any participation links yet? Or it will be send soon?
>
> Kindly clarify if anything else I need to do.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rajeeb.
> (U: Marajozkee)
> (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity).
>
>
> On 18-Feb-2021, at 11:17 AM, টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta 
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello,
> The registration was open for a month. We wanted to keep this
> quick/instant registration option open for Wikimedians.
> Thanks for the suggestion. We have removed the edit count mention. You may
> suggest improving it further.
>
> ইতি,
> টিটো দত্ত
> (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)
>
>
> বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:০৮ AM টায় এ Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <
> dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have some concerns about your criteria of experience. It is only
>> considering the online activity but is completely ignorant towards the
>> offline work. Following the information on meta, I wouldn't qualify for
>> instant registration. I registered earlier, but there might be others
>> interested but won't meet the criteria requirements.  If you are extending
>> the option of instant registration, it should be open to all wikimedians.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Manav
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 10:47 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>&

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The registration was open for a month. We wanted to keep this quick/instant
registration option open for Wikimedians.
Thanks for the suggestion. We have removed the edit count mention. You may
suggest improving it further.

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বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:০৮ AM টায় এ Dr. Manavpreet Kaur <
dr.manavpreetk...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hi
>
> I have some concerns about your criteria of experience. It is only
> considering the online activity but is completely ignorant towards the
> offline work. Following the information on meta, I wouldn't qualify for
> instant registration. I registered earlier, but there might be others
> interested but won't meet the criteria requirements.  If you are extending
> the option of instant registration, it should be open to all wikimedians.
>
> Thanks,
> Manav
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 10:47 Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, 
> wrote:
>
>> 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

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Correction: Katherine Maher's talk is on Saturday 20 February 10:30 am IST
/ 5:00 am UTC.
Please follow the event page/program page for up-to-date information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program


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বৃহস্পতি, ১৮ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:৪৪ AM টায় এ টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <
trulyt...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello,
> We also want to inform you that Katherine Maher, the executive director of
> the Wikimedia Foundation, has kindly agreed to give a keynote speech on
> Sunday 21 February 2021, 10:30 am IST / 5:00 am UTC. You can have a look at
> the entire schedule:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
> Please also read the latest issues of the newsletter:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Newsletter/2021-02-16
> See you at the event. Please feel free to email w...@cis-india.org for
> queries/questions.
>
> Tito Dutta
> WMWM team member
>
>
> বুধ, ১৭ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:৪৫ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:
>
>> 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

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
We also want to inform you that Katherine Maher, the executive director of
the Wikimedia Foundation, has kindly agreed to give a keynote speech on
Sunday 21 February 2021, 10:30 am IST / 5:00 am UTC. You can have a look at
the entire schedule:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
Please also read the latest issues of the newsletter:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Newsletter/2021-02-16
See you at the event. Please feel free to email w...@cis-india.org for
queries/questions.

Tito Dutta
WMWM team member


বুধ, ১৭ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ৯:৪৫ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> 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 - Registration closes in 36 hours

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The registration will be closed in ~17 hours.
Wikimedia Wikimeet India is sure to be exciting, check out the program (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program#Schedule
). Happy to announce that Asaf Bartov (User:Ijon) will be the opening
speaker.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program

If you have not registered yet, you may do so.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration
The invitation link will be sent over email to the participants right after
the registration closes

Please also read or translate the Friendly Space Policy:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Friendly_space_policy
We invite you to read more about the event on Diff. with a new one from the
Movement Strategy team:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/02/16/movement-strategy-and-much-more-at-wikimeet-india-2021/
See you on 19, 20, and 21 February at Wikimeet India.

ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত
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সোম, ১৫ ফেব, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:৫৯ AM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello all,
>
> The participant registration for Wikimedia WIkimeet India 2021 event will
> close in 36 hours from now.
>
> If you have not registered yet, please do it from this Google form link. --
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejt2TdhMUEg34FUTpj6HnUe9d0Iv_1ncgOCkjvrsaHs6vP3g/viewform
>
> You can also check our tentative schedule here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> On behalf of WMWM India 2021
>
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 Program Schedule is Available

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Hope this email finds you well. Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021[1] will take
place from 19 to 21 February 2021 (Friday to Sunday). Here is some quick
important information:
* A tentative schedule of the program is published and you may see it here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program There
are sessions on different topics such as Wikimedia Strategy, Growth,
Technical etc. You might be interested to have a look at the schedule.
* The program will take place on Zoom and the sessions will be recorded.
* If you have not registered as a participant yet, please register yourself
to get an invitation, The last date to register is 16 February 2021.
* Kindly share this information with your friends who might like to attend
the sessions.

Schedule link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021

Thanks
Tito Dutta
On behalf of Wikimedia Wikimeet and A2K team
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats & Office hours tomorrow

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

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 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

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] Last date for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 submissions

[টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
Other than submitting proposals (~24 hours left, submission closing on 24
January 2021 18:29 UTC or 23:59 IST), you may also show your interest to
participate in one/many sessions. Each submission has a section where you
can add your name as an "Interested participant". Note, participation is
not restricted to any country. Kindly feel free to join (presenter,
participant etc.).
Several important topics have been proposed such as sessions related to
GLAM, OpenRefine, Wikimedia Strategy, Grants process, Wikidata, User
scripts, etc.
You might be interested to have a look at the submissions:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions
Or
An alternative view (category):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021_submissions

Note: Submissions review process has not started yet.

ইতি,
টিটো দত্ত

(মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে)


শুক্র, ২২ জানু, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:১০ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello all,
>
> Tomorrow is the *last date to submit* session proposals for Wikimedia
> Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event which is to be
> conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of International
> Mother Language Day.
>
> If you are interested to present, run a workshop or organize a panel
> discussion, you can check this link and submit a session proposal.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Submissions
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> On behalf of WMWM India 2021
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Happy Birthday Wikipedia: 20th anniversary: With 20 Wikipedia Facts and Anecdotes (please add to this list)

[Tito Dutta]

 Namaskara,
This is the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia. Happy birthday to Wikipedia and
more importantly, to the collaborative effort of the volunteers in these 20
years. On this day perhaps we can make a bouquet of 20 randomly selected
facts/anecdotes related to Wikipedia.
* I am starting with 10 stories/anecdotes related to Wikipedia. If "you"
know an interesting Wikipedia story (fact, achievement, specific community
achievement/glory, specially India-related), why don't you share by
responding to this email on the "Wikipedia anniversary"?
* You can also comment on these stories. #3, #6, #8, and #9 below have open
questions where you can share your knowledge.

20 Amazing Facts or Anecdotes related to Wikipedia on its 20th birthday
(first 10 as of now. Please add stories from your side, which we all can
read.)

   1. We have Wikipedias in 25 Indian languages. As of 14 January 2021,
   there are 4,823 active editors on Wikipedias on these projects (it does not
   include English Wikipedia). As of 14 January, 32.5 million edits have been
   made on Indian-language Wikipedias. There are 173 admins on these projects.
   2. The domains wikipedia.com and wikipedia.org were registered on 12 and
   13 January 2001. Then it was a single-domain edition www.wikipedia.org.
   One of the very first policies on Wikipedia was "Neutral Point of View"
   3. The first, second Wikipedians (and possibly the third also)  to
   complete #1000wikidays (thousand wikidays) are from India (personally
   speaking: perhaps this achievement needed better documentation (blog post
   or other mediums)?)
   4. Magnus Manske has been an amazing developer Wikimedian to support
   Wikipedia, Wikidata, and the Wikimedia movement in general. He developed
   MediaWiki and MANY other tools we use today. Learn more about him in your
   language: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13520818#identifiers There is a
   day called Magnus Manske Day:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Magnus_Manske_Day
   5. Wikipedia has been edited from space. An astronaut from space made
   edits on Wikipedia:
   https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/11/29/astronaut-spoken-voice/
   6. Wikipedia was proposed as a world heritage site. In 2011, when we
   were celebrating the 10th anniversary it was in the news.
   
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/8538333/Wikipedia-seeks-World-Heritage-Site-status.html
   I am not sure what happened to the attempt after that. Does anyone know the
   recent updates? Did we apply to be a part of the intangible list?
   7. There is an asteroid named after Wikipedia: Read in your language
   https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3913001#identifiers
   8. A very large number of books, scholarly articles have been published
   on Wikipedia. Wikidata queries all the items where the "main subject" is
   Wikipedia: https://w.wiki/uPn (feel free to share a better query)
   9. Wikipedia has been widely used as a reference in popular culture (
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_culture). In India also
   several. In India also, we have seen references to Wikipedia in songs (song
   in Chennai Express film). Has Wikipedia in mentioned in songs, films,
   books, etc in your language? Could you mention it?
   10. There is a Wikipedia Monument is Poland:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Monument There is an anthem/hymn
   on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_hymn_1.0.ogv

Please share any Wikipedia story you find interesting so that we can make
it a bouquet of 20.

(Congratulations and good wishes to Bangla Wikipedia for completing 100,000
articles, and Hindi Wikipedia for completing 5 millionth edits recently.
(Do you know more stories? Please share.))

Happy Birthday, Wikipedia. (Bengali: শুভ জন্মদিন উইকিপিডিয়া)।

Thanks
User:Titodutta
(As a Wikipedian/Wikimedian)
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Gift Wikipedia a Citation on its 20th Birthday!

[Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
This is an interesting thought " Gift Wikipedia a Citation on its 20th
Wikipedia". Perhaps some of you would like to try it/find the email
interesting.
Quick link: The tool mentioned at [1] in the email below is Citation Hunt:
https://citationhunt.toolforge.org/
I checked and it looks like we do not have this tool for a few Indian
languages. This page states how to add a new language support:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Citation_Hunt#Adding_support_for_a_new_language
Thanks
User:Titodutta


-- Forwarded message -
প্রেরক: Felix Nartey 
Date: বৃহস্পতি, ১৪ জানু, ২০২১ তারিখে ৫:২২ AM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Gift Wikipedia a Citation on its 20th Birthday!
To: , Wikimedia & Libraries <
librar...@lists.wikimedia.org>, #1Lib1Ref general list <
1lib1...@lists.wikimedia.org>


To commemorate Wikipedia's birthday, we will once again be adding citations
to improve the reliability of the platform. This year's 1Lib1Ref campaign
however is very different as Wikipedia turns 20; we are celebrating the
humans that make Wikipedia possible, highlighting their contributions and
commitment to the platform. In view of this we are asking every human out
there to join us in the celebration by gifting Wikipedia a citation to make
it more reliable, starting from the 15th Jan to 5th Feb 2021!

We are adding a new layer of contribution to celebrate the humans that
contribute to the success of the platform as part of the Wikipedia20
celebrations. Join the #1Lib1Ref Human Challenge by contributing citations
to improve the quality of articles around human rights on Wikipedia and
with top contributors receiving swags from the Wikimedia Store.[1]

How can I contribute?

Add a citation

   1.

   Let the tool suggest a citation needed statements for you, or use the
   search menu at the bottom to choose a category (Wikipedia's version of a
   tag) of an article that you have a special expertise in (for example,
   British novels or Provinces of Afghanistan ).
   2.

   Go to the article, find the statement
   3.

   Click edit in the section header
   4.

   Add the source following the source guidelines
   5.

   Remove the "Citation needed" template (highlight and backspace in Visual
   Editor, or remove the template which adds that tag (it looks like
   {{citation needed}} ))
   6.

   Add the hashtag #1lib1ref to your edit summary
   7.

   Save the page.

Visit the participate page to learn more.[2]

Communicate

   -

   Share a post from our communicate and share page.[3]
   -

   We will be sharing a post on diff on Friday, as part of the Wikipedia
   birthday communication, keep an eye out for that.



Help organize?

If you are from the CEE don’t miss out on the 1Lib1Ref CEE regional
competition, contact Gorana Gomirac WMRS (gorana.gomi...@vikimedija.org )
and Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska WMPL (natalia.szaf...@wikimedia.pl ) for
more information.[4] You can also find an activity around you as some
countries and institutions such as Canada, Israel, France, Spain, AfLIA,
etc. are organizing their own activities.[5]

If you are organizing, add your event to the 1lib1ref Event Dashboard or
your virtual event to digital events list to enable people across the world
participate in your activity.[6][7]

It is not too late to schedule an event -- the campaign runs through
February 5th and in past years organizers have run #1lib1ref events year
round or scheduled activities for #1lib1ref May during the January
campaign.

Remember to add #1Lib1Ref in the edit summary of your contribution to help
us track your activity!

Happy 20th Birthday!
Felix Nartey

[1] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Participate#Participate_in_our_%E2%80%9CHuman%E2%80%9D_challenge
!

[2] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Participate

[3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Share

[4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/1Lib1RefCEE_campaign

[5] -
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_january_2021/overview

[6] -
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/1lib1ref_january_2021/overview

[7] -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Virtual_Coffee_Kit
-- 
Felix Nartey
Community and Partnerships Coordinator, Campaigns
*Wikimedia Foundation *


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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India grants and communication to Wikimediaindia-l

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
I am grateful to you for sharing your inputs on this thought.
Sushant, I was trying to get an estimate of how many such emails might
come. If needed, we can count only those grants or supports which are
slightly larger in size. Starting from Rapid Grant, I do not have the exact
count of how many Rapid Grant application from/related to the regions per
year. I guess it will be around 10–12/year. Other grants such as Project
Grant, Simple APG, APG etc open up at a specific time (mostly twice a
year). I glanced through the recent grants pages and my hunch is actually
it won't be too many. However you are right, possibly we can check how many
emails the list could have got in 2020. In case if there could be too many
emails, I think the suggestion you have made— fortnightly/monthly email
works pretty well. If needed, the email can be treated as "for information
purpose" and as much as possible the discussion can take place on the
relevant talk page on Meta-Wiki. Thanks, Sushant for your inputs.

Thank you, Pavan for sharing your thoughts. I am not sure about this, I
feel the moderators/managers can work to fix it if the emails are getting
delayed somehow. Some time ago, I don't remember where exactly, I saw a
similar post on some other large mailing list. On Telegram Wikimedia
General Chat also I remember seeing volunteers came in to help in
moderation.

(On a similar note: an email to Wikimedia-l a few days ago informed about
an upcoming plan to review the grants strategy. Our this discussion is not
directly related to that. However as this is going to be an important
activity, one may consider reading:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2021-January/096086.html )

Thanks
As User:Titodutta


রবি, ১০ জানু, ২০২১ তারিখে ১২:২৩ PM টায় এ pavan santhosh <
pavansanthos...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello Tito,
>
> Many of us are already doing this but before making it a more formal
> process/ part of a best practice some issues need our attention. This
> brings the question of active adminship of the Wikimediaindia-l mailing
> list. Many times, mails to Wikimediaindia-l mailing list did not appear in
> the list even after several days. Sometimes mails got published (do not
> know technicality, so excuse me for using these terms) even after several
> days of the deadline/event/activity. I do not know the reasons or issues in
> maintaining the list, but thought it would be helpful to bring this up now.
>
> To sum up: If we aim to get state-level, project-level, and other kinds of
> grants posted here, we need to help several communities and many community
> members understand the necessity, but in the first place, we need to fix
> issues in maintaining this space before asking them to come here and post.
> I believe we can do it together and would like to see comments from other
> community members too.
>
> Regards,
> Pavan.
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 10:55 AM Tito Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Namaskara,
>> This might be some food for thought, and inputs are welcome. India
>> mailing list is the largest and most widely used Wikimedia mailing list for
>> the Indian community. Could we have a practice that all grant requests from
>> the country (or related to) are informed on the Wikimediaindia-l mailing
>> list?
>>
>> Whether it is a state-level, project-level, language-level etc, or
>> whether it is a rapid grant, project grant etc it would be good to see the
>> plan details on this mailing list in advance. It will ensure greater
>> visibility, and it will also ensure the community's understanding/knowing
>> of each other's projects.
>>
>> If we can have a practice like this, we can inform Wikimedia, or CR team
>> or relevant support structure(s) as an India community practice.
>>
>> This post is in my personal capacity. Please assume good faith
>> Regards,
>> User:Titodutta
>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] India grants and communication to Wikimediaindia-l

[Tito Dutta]

Namaskara,
This might be some food for thought, and inputs are welcome. India mailing
list is the largest and most widely used Wikimedia mailing list for the
Indian community. Could we have a practice that all grant requests from the
country (or related to) are informed on the Wikimediaindia-l mailing list?

Whether it is a state-level, project-level, language-level etc, or whether
it is a rapid grant, project grant etc it would be good to see the plan
details on this mailing list in advance. It will ensure greater visibility,
and it will also ensure the community's understanding/knowing of each
other's projects.

If we can have a practice like this, we can inform Wikimedia, or CR team or
relevant support structure(s) as an India community practice.

This post is in my personal capacity. Please assume good faith
Regards,
User:Titodutta
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Project Grants open call for proposals in 2021

[Tito Dutta]

Forwarding from Wikimedia-l. Might be of interest.
Thanks


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প্রেরক: Marti Johnson 
Date: বুধ, ২৩ ডিসেম্বর, ২০২০ তারিখে ৯:৫৪ AM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Project Grants open call for proposals in 2021
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello Wikimedians,

I’m writing to announce the next opportunity for funding through the
Project Grants program, and to share changes in how review will happen in
the coming year and beyond.

Background context:

Over the past few months, the Wikimedia Foundation has begun work on a new
strategy for how we will structure our grants programs in the future, with
the goal of aligning more closely with the Wikimedia Movement’s 2030
Strategic Direction [1]. We’ve been having conversations with many
stakeholders in the Wikimedia community and we’re in the process of
brainstorming about possible frameworks to improve how we make grants. This
coming year, 2021, will be an experimental year in which we will pilot some
smaller changes as we move toward a larger redesign process later in the
year and beyond.

How do I learn more about applying for project funding through Project
Grants?

   -

   You can learn more about the guidelines for the Project Grants program
   here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Learn
   -

   You can learn more about how to plan for a project proposal here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Plan
   -

   You can learn about how to apply here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply


What will change in the grant review process for Project Grants in 2021?

   -

   In previous rounds, all Project Grant proposals have been reviewed in
   one round, inclusive of proposals related to four themes: research,
   software, and online and offline community organizing. In 2021, we will
   experiment with offering two separate and dedicated rounds. One will be
   focused on online and offline community organizing.  A second round will
   focus on review of research and software grant proposals.
   -

   By offering separate, dedicated rounds, we hope to offer more tailored
   support for applicants, with better integration with staff in the Wikimedia
   Foundation who have relevant expertise, and with more focused Committee
   recruitment to improve the quality of proposal review. We also hope it will
   reduce the burden on volunteer committee reviewers in any given round.


When will community organizing grant proposals be accepted?

   -

   The open call will launch January 11, and the submission deadline is
   February 10, 2021.
   -

   The full schedule is posted here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project


When will software and research grant proposals be accepted in 2021?

   -

   The open call will launch February 15, and the submission deadline is
   March 16, 2021.
   -

   The full schedule is posted here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project


How will this affect currently funded Project Grants?

   -

   Our intention is to make sure that current projects will not be
   interrupted by this change, both with regard to current or planned work.


Will there be other changes coming in the future?

   -

   After these rounds, we expect bigger changes for Project Grants.
   -

   We are currently in a strategic design process and have been actively
   engaging many stakeholders from around the world to help us think about
   what these changes should look like.
   -

   Once we have draft frameworks ready, there will be opportunities for
   feedback from Wikimedia community members before any decisions are
   finalized. We will keep you updated!


Please let us know if you have any questions about these changes or if you
would like to learn more about how to get involved in the strategic
redesign process for Project Grants.

Warm regards,

Marti

[1] 

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] On-wiki Contribution thread - 1 December 2020

[Tito Dutta]

Good thought. These days I am working for Bengali words audio on Wikimedia
Commons, a large part of those uploads are to support Bengali lexemes on
Wikidata.
Uploads between 1 and 15 November 2020:
https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/49835 and 16 and 30 November:
https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/49954

Learning: Wudele: I got to know about this tool called Wudele, we generally
use Doodle or other options for polls, there is a WMFLabs tool called
Wudele https://wudele.toolforge.org/
I am yet to try it, and may not all the options, however possibly some of
you may find it interesting.


Thanks
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মঙ্গল, ১ ডিসেম্বর, ২০২০ তারিখে ৭:১৬ PM টায় এ Nitesh Gill <
gillte...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন:

> Hello all,
>
>
> Hope this email finds you well. I am glad to start this thread here.
> Purpose of this email is to share “On-Wiki Contribution”. In this thread,
> we will share our on-wiki works only. For example; if you edited any of
> Wikimedia project you can share here or if you learnt or found anything in
> Wikiprojects you can share also. We will discuss only past 1 month work.
> This email will be sent in the mailing list after one month and anyone can
> start this thread on the volunteer capacity. This is an opportunity to know
> about each other and volunteers work. I am going to share my last month
> work below.
>
>
> I am Nitesh and working on Punjabi Wikipedia.
>
>
>
>- I grabbed a target for developing one article each day on random
>women. It is a 1000 days target. So I developed one article everyday on
>Punjabi Wikipedia.
>- Participated in Wikisource Proofread-a-thon and proof some pages of
>a Punjabi book on Punjabi Wikisource.
>- Participated Wikipedia Asian Month as a Punjabi editor and create 2
>articles.
>- Also added some tags in short articles or without references
>articles.
>
>
> You can check my contribution below:
>
>
> https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/ਖ਼ਾਸ:ਯੋਗਦਾਨ/Nitesh_Gill
>
> https://pa.wikisource.org/wiki/ਖ਼ਾਸ:ਯੋਗਦਾਨ/Nitesh_Gill
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> Note: Reply for it is not mandatory.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Festive Season 2020 edit-a-thon on 5-6 December 2020

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
The Festive Season mini edit-a-thon is on today (5 and 6 December 2020).
You may see the event page and consider participating:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Festive_Season_2020_edit-a-thon
Regards,
Tito Dutta
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বৃহস্পতি, ২৬ নভেম্বর, ২০২০ তারিখে ২:১৯ PM টায় এ Nitesh Gill <
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> Sat Sri Akal/Hello,
>
> Hope this email finds you well. On 5–6 December, A2K will conduct a mini
> edit-a-thon on the theme Festivals of India. This edit-a-thon is not
> restricted to a particular project and editors can contribute to any
> Wikimedia project on the theme.
> Please have a look at the event page:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Festive_Season_2020_edit-a-thon.
>
> Some tasks have been suggested, please feel free to expand the list.
>
> Thank you
> Nitesh Gill
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Updates from A2K: Internship

[Tito Dutta]

 Hello,
Hope this email finds you well. Here are a couple of updates from the A2K
team.
Currently Jay Prakash (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jayprakash12345)
is doing an internship with Access to Knowledge to support the programme
with his tech-expertise. The internship is for 3 months and will continue
till the end of January 2021.
He will mainly focus on Wikisource and Wikidata, and we'll send another
update towards the end of the internship period with details of works done.

Thanks
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[Wikimediaindia-l] A2K: Programme Director update

[Tito Dutta]

 Hello,
Hope this email finds you well and safe. Here is an update from the Access
to Knowledge (A2K) team. Currently Mr. Amber Sinha is the Programme
Director of the Access to Knowledge team for this programme year. He is
also the the current executive director (ED) of the Centre for Internet and
Internet and Society (CIS). Amber Sinha has been associated with CIS for a
few years now. He is a free-knowledge enthusiast and eager to serve the
Wikimedia movement in India. To know more about him please see:
https://cis-india.org/about/people/cis-team-members#Amber%20Sinha and
writings: https://cis-india.org/author/amber
We wanted to send this email earlier, but this update is a little delayed
for various reasons.

Once on-ground Wiki-events resume he will be attending Wiki-events so that
the community can talk to him in person. He can be reached at:
am...@cis-india.org and on Meta-wiki with Wikimedia username: Amber
(CIS-A2K).
Regards,
Tito Dutta
Acceess to Knowledge
t...@cis-india.org
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[Wikimediaindia-l] A2K Impact report 2019–2020

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Hope this email finds you well. A2K impact report 2019–2020 is submitted
and may be seen here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2018-2019_round_2/The_Centre_for_Internet_and_Society/Impact_report_form
Thanks to the communities for support.

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tool of the day

[Tito Dutta]

Happy Onam.
Today is 31 August. Tool of the day has been continuing since Independence
Day and being posted on Meta-Wiki and also on social media.
The 15 tools which have been discussed so far may be seen on the Meta-Wiki
page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Tool_of_the_day

Thanks
Tito Dutta



শনি, ১৫ আগস্ট, ২০২০ তারিখে ৯:১২ PM টায় এ balaji 
লিখেছেন:

> Hi,
> Looks like the tool is down again. trying to upload  a book from IA. But
> it is failing. The tool is down often.
>
> Regards,
> J. Balaji.
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 6:43 PM Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:
>
>> Great to know that. Thanks Tito for the update.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Rajeeb.
>> (U: Marajozkee)
>> (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity)
>>
>> On 15-Aug-2020, at 5:10 PM, Tito Dutta  wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Happy Independence Day,
>> From today we have started discussing one Wiki-tool every day. Today we
>> have talked about a tool "Internet Archive Uploader:  IA-upload (
>> https://ia-upload.toolforge.org/) is a tool which can transfer PDF or
>> DjVu files directly from Internet Archive (IA) to Wikimedia Commons without
>> even downloading them to your computers!
>> You may follow the archive on the Meta-Wiki:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Tool_of_the_day
>> These posts will be shared on social media channels such as Facebook
>> also: https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k/posts/1448046552069027
>>
>> 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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>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 20:05, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> CIS-A2K will be featuring one Wikimedia tool or script on this meta page
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Tool_of_the_day> daily
>>> from 15th August, 2020 onward for next 30 days. 10 tools will be selected
>>> from Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource and Wikidata each, which are extremely
>>> useful for everyday editing. This initiative is intended not only to help
>>> new editors to familiarise with existing tools but also to help experienced
>>> editors recap.
>>>
>>> The tool will also be featured from the official social media channels
>>> of CIS-A2K on the same day. You can keep an eye on Facebook
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k> and Twitter
>>> <https://twitter.com/CISA2K>.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Bodhisattwa
>>>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Chat and India(n) channel

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
I hope you might find this interesting. In case you join/wanna try this
Wikimedia Chat option, please join the India channel
https://chat.wmcloud.org/wikimedia/channels/india

There is also an mlwiki channel, I see:
https://chat.wmcloud.org/wikimedia/channels/mlwiki

There is also a Bangla channel. I am unsure why it is currently not showing
in the channel list (is it because of Indic-script in the channel title?)
https://chat.wmcloud.org/wikimedia/channels/bangla

Thanks
Tito Dutta


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প্রেরক: Amir Sarabadani <ইমেল লোকানো হয়েছে>
Date: রবি, ৩০ আগস্ট, ২০২০ তারিখে ৫:৩০ AM টায়
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Chat
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , wikitech-l <
wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello,
Due to the current situation, there are more and more collaborations
happening online instead. and now you can see Wikimedia-related discussion
groups in Slack, Discord, Telegram, Facebook, and many more. Besides being
scattered and inaccessible to people who don't have accounts in those
platforms (for privacy reasons for example), these platforms use
proprietary and closed-source software, are outside Wikimedia
infrastructure and some harvest our personal data for profit.

IRC on freenode is a good alternative but it lacks basic functionalities of
a modern chat platform. So we created Wikimedia Chat, a mattermost instance
in Wikimedia Cloud. Compared to IRC, you have:
* Ability to scrollback and read messages when you were offline
* Push notification and email notification
* You don't need to get a cloak to hide your IP from others
* Proper support for sharing media
* Two factor authentication
* A proper mobile app support
* Ability to add custom emojis (yes, it's extremely important)
* Profile pictures
* Ability to ping everyone with @here
* much much more.

You can use Wikimedia Chat by going to https://chat.wmcloud.org, anyone can
make an account. This is part of Wikimedia Social suite [1], the oher
similar project is "Wikimedia Meet". [2]

Some notes:
* This is done in my volunteer capacity and has been maintained by a group
of volunteers. If you're willing to join the team (either technical or
enforcing CoC, kicking out spammers, other daily work), drop me a message.
* Privacy policy of Wikimedia Cloud applies: https://w.wiki/aQW
* As a result, all messages older than 90 days get automatically deleted.
* As a Wikimedia Cloud project, all of discussions, private and public are
covered by Code of conduct in technical spaces:  https://w.wiki/AK$

Hope that would be useful for you, if you encounter any technical issues,
file a bug in the phabricator.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Social_Suite
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet

Best
-- 
Amir (he/him)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: TamilVU Released 10 Tamil software as Free/Open Source Software

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
That's amazing news and as you told this is a progressive improvement ,
thanks for sharing.
Thanks
Tito Dutta


On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 23:40, Shrinivasan T  wrote:

>
>
> Tamil Virtual Academy is a TN govt driven organization, which is working
> for Increasing Digital contents in Tamil Language.
>
> It had funded few software projects at 2017 and released as only binaries.
> Those software includes Tamil Spellchecker, text analysis, Browser plugin
> for Tamil Text to speech etc.
>
> With the binaries, no one can learn them or develop further. We have been
> asking them to release the source code for long times.
>
> Yesterday, got the news that they shared the source code here –
> http://www.tamilvu.org/ta/content/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D
>
> It is a very happy news. Tons of thanks for all the TVA team and all TN
> Govt departments, officers behind this release.
>
> I made a copy of all the code here
> https://github.com/Tamil-Virtual-Academy for better visibility.
>
> At 2015, TVA announced that all their contents are released in CC-BY-SA
> license and all software with GPL v2 License.
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamil-Virtual-Academy-Copyright-Declaration.jpg
>
> It is a very progressive improvement in the world of free/open knowledge
> movement.
>
> We have seen only the western governments make these kind of decisions and
> implement them. But happy to see the Tamilnadu govt is leading this in its
> own way.
>
> See the announcement here too
>
> http://www.tamilvu.org/coresite/html/free-content-media.htm
> https://goinggnu.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/tva-cc-announcement.jpg
>
> Here is a Government order by Tamilnadu govt announcing all the govt
> releases in Creative Commons license.
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GoTN_Tamil_Development_Departments_order_on_creative_commons_cc_by_sa.pdf
>
> Tons of thanks for all the great people behind this great initiative.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
> My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
> Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com
>
> Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
> http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
>
>
> --
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> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
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> Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Tool of the day

[Tito Dutta]

Happy Independence Day,
>From today we have started discussing one Wiki-tool every day. Today we
have talked about a tool "Internet Archive Uploader:  IA-upload (
https://ia-upload.toolforge.org/) is a tool which can transfer PDF or DjVu
files directly from Internet Archive (IA) to Wikimedia Commons without even
downloading them to your computers!
You may follow the archive on the Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Tool_of_the_day
These posts will be shared on social media channels such as Facebook also:
https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k/posts/1448046552069027

Thanks
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> Hello all,
>
> CIS-A2K will be featuring one Wikimedia tool or script on this meta page
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Tool_of_the_day> daily
> from 15th August, 2020 onward for next 30 days. 10 tools will be selected
> from Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource and Wikidata each, which are extremely
> useful for everyday editing. This initiative is intended not only to help
> new editors to familiarise with existing tools but also to help experienced
> editors recap.
>
> The tool will also be featured from the official social media channels of
> CIS-A2K on the same day. You can keep an eye on Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/CISA2K>
> .
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bodhisattwa
>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] 4th Anniversary of Tulu Wikipedia

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Thanks for the email and presenting this live on YouTube. Good wishes on
the anniversary to the Wikimedians.
Regards,
User:Titodutta



On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 at 10:37,  wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
>
> Karavali Wikimedians and Tulu Wikipedia community celebrating 4th
> anniversary of Tulu Wikipedia on Aug 06, 2020 at 4:15pm. Watch live at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E86wFeNQtZU
>
> Event page in Meta -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Karavali_Wikimedians/Events/Tulu_Wikipedia_Birthday_2020
>
> Event page in Tulu Wikipedia - https://tcy.wikipedia.org/s/4xc
>
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Pavanaja
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Stay connected

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Indeed, that's a great and kind thought. Thanks for initiating this.
I am also available for communication (any topic, specially non-wiki
topics, food, books  :))

Thanks
User:Titodutta
(Wikipedian)



On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 04:36, Bodhisattwa Mandal 
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> Hello,
>
> I am getting news that some of our community members from different parts
> of the country and/or their loved ones, relatives and close neighbours are
> getting infected by COVID-19 and/or affected by psychological problems due
> to the stagnation of our lives for last few months. Things are definitely
> not in good shape for many of us.
>
> I would like to give a message to all our community members that if you
> desperately need someone to talk or discuss something, please feel free to
> call me if you have my number or send me a mail or schedule a video call,
> whichever you want. It's extremely important to stay connected, talk and
> not feel lonely.
>
> I am sure that there are many others in the community who will be
> extremely happy to help you too.
>
> Stay safe (I mean it),
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikidata] Wikimedia Commons Query Service (WCQS)

[Tito Dutta]

Wikimedia Commons query service beta version is out.


-- Forwarded message -
From: Guillaume Lederrey 
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 23:33
Subject: [Wikidata] Wikimedia Commons Query Service (WCQS)
To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project. ,



Hello all!

We are happy to announce the availability of Wikimedia Commons Query
Service (WCQS): https://wcqs-beta.wmflabs.org/.

This is a beta SPARQL endpoint exposing the Structured Data on Commons
(SDoC) dataset. This endpoint can federate with WDQS. More work is needed
as we iterate on the service, but feel free to begin using the endpoint.
Known limitations are listed below:

* The service is a beta endpoint that is updated via weekly dumps. Some
caveats include limited performance, expected downtimes, and no interface,
naming, or backward compatibility stability guarantees.
* The service is hosted on Wikimedia Cloud Services, with limited
resources and limited monitoring. This means there may be random unplanned
downtime.
The data will be reloaded weekly from dumps. The service will be down
during data reload. With the current amount of SDoC data, downtime will
last approximately 4 hours, but this may increase as SDoC data grows.
* Due to an issue with the dump format, the data currently only dates
back to July 5th. We’re working on getting more up-to-date data and hope to
have a solution soon. (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258507 and
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T258474)
* The MediaInfo concept URIs (e.g.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/entity/M37200540) are currently HTTP; we may
change these to HTTPS in the near future. Please comment on T258590 if you
have concerns about this change.

* The service is restricted behind OAuth authentication, backed by Commons.
You will need an account on Commons to access the service. This is so that
we can contact abusive bots and/or users and block them selectively as a
last resort if needed.
* Please note that to correctly logout of the service, you need to use
the logout link in WCQS - logging out of just Wikimedia Commons will not
work for WCQS. This limitation will be lifted once we move to production.

* No documentation on the service is available yet. In particular, no
examples are provided yet. You can add your own examples at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples
following the format at
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples
.
* Please use the SPARQL template. Note that while there is currently a
bug that doesn’t allow us to change the “Try it!” link endpoint, the
examples will be displayed correctly on the WCQS GUI.

* WCQS is a work in progress and some bugs are to be expected, especially
related to generalizing WDQS to fit SDoC data. For example, current bugs
include:
* URI prefixes specific for SDoC data don’t yet work - you need to use
full URIs if you want to query using them. Relations and Q items are
defined by Wikidata’s URI prefixes, so they work correctly.
* Autocomplete for SDoC items doesn’t work - without prefixes they’d be
unusable anyway, but additional work will be required after we inject SDoC
URI prefixes into WCQS GUI.
* If you find any additional bugs or issues, please report them via
Phabricator with the tag wikidata-query-service.
* We do plan to move the service to production, but we don’t have a
timeline on that yet. We want to emphasize that while we do expect a SPARQL
endpoint to be part of a medium to long-term solution, it will only be part
of that solution. Even once the service is production-ready, it will still
have limitations in terms of timeouts, expensive queries, and federation.
Some use cases will need to be migrated, over time, to better solutions -
once those solutions exist.

Have fun!

   Guillaume

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: Lists of technical resources and recommendations for smaller language wikis!

[Tito Dutta]

Greetings,
I hope you will find the list/recommendation useful. Regards.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Srishti Sethi 
Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 11:48 PM
Subject: [Wikidata] NEW: Lists of technical resources and recommendations
for smaller language wikis!
To: Wikimedia developers , Wikimedia
Mailing List , <
wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org>, 


Hello everyone,

As part of the Small wiki toolkits
 initiative, a Starter
kit  has
been developed for smaller language Wikimedia wikis! This Starter kit lists
resources, tools, and recommendations in technical areas (e.g., templates,
bots, gadgets, etc.) relevant to smaller wikis that are just getting
started. Small wiki contributors can use it to make their community's
workflow easier. You can now use and promote the Starter kit in your wiki
community, and start translating the landing page and its subpages in a
language you want.

If you have any questions, ideas for venues where it should be shared or
wiki pages where it should be linked, or any other suggestions for
improving it further, please share on this talk page
.

If you are interested in helping with the Small Wiki Toolkits initiative
and can offer help with running workshops, developing toolkits, or
exchanging problems and challenges in smaller wiki communities, add
yourself as a member here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Small_wiki_toolkits#Members

Cheers,
Srishti

*Srishti Sethi*
Developer Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation 

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia volunteer community

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Might be interesting. OAuth sign in seems to be under construction.

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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From: Chris Koerner 
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 23:22
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Diff – a blog by and for the Wikimedia
volunteer community
To: Wikimedia-L 


Hello,

Today the Wikimedia Foundation would like to introduce a new community
blog. It's called "Diff" (diff.wikimedia.org) and is a blog by – and
for – the Wikimedia volunteer community to connect and share
learnings, stories, and ideas from across our movement. We'd like to
encourage you to learn more about Diff and how it can help you in
sharing and learning from your fellow Wikimedians.

Everyone is invited to contribute!

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/07/14/welcome-to-diff-a-community-blog-for-the-wikimedia-movement/

The name “Diff” is in reference to the wiki interface that displays
the difference between one version and another of a Wikipedia page. It
also reflects the “difference” our communities and movement make in
the world every day.

For some background, Diff builds on lessons and  experiences from  the
Wikimedia Blog, the Wikimedia Foundation News, and Wikimedia Space;
previous posts from these channels are archived on Diff. The channel
is primarily intended for community-authored posts, in which
volunteers can share their stories, learnings, and ideas with each
other.

Diff offers a simple and accessible editorial process, moderated by
Foundation communications staff and open to volunteers, to encourage
participation from all — especially emerging and under-represented
communities. Additionally, content on Diff can be written and
translated into languages to reach a wide audience. Diff also has a
code of conduct and comments can be flagged and moderated.

Still curious to learn more?

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/07/14/welcome-to-diff-a-community-blog-for-the-wikimedia-movement/

Yours,
Chris Koerner (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project: Abstract Wikipedia

[Tito Dutta]

This new project has been announced.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Katherine Maher 
Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 9:34 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing a new Wikimedia project:
Abstract Wikipedia
To: wikimediaannounce-l 
Cc: Denny Vrandečić 


(A translatable version of this announcement can be found on Meta [1])

Hi all,

It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia [1], a new project that has
been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic
content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more
readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that
aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the
sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation,
improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in
free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to
create something new.

This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was
submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May of 2020 [2] after
years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively
discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the
creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and
information that is available in one language may not make it to other
language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a
Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual
models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain
Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.

The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an
article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses
conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it
should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to
create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code,
volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their
own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read
about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.

As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development,
and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort
possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead
this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time
community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a
former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation[3]. We are very excited that
Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside
the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.

It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project and
that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer
some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every
language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or
how they would use content from this project.

We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance
knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us
to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom
knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with
the communities to think through these important questions.

There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in
close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved
by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list[4]. We
recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its
potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.

Yours,
Katherine Maher

Executive Director,
Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract
Wikipedia/June 2020 announcement
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Denny
[4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation proposal to call ourselves as the Wikipedia Network, Wikipedia Movement or simply Wiki

[Tito Dutta]

Yes, that was a typo, thanks for correcting.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020, 3:15 PM Kaartic Sivaraam <
kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 21 June 2020 16:24:58 GMT+05:30, Tito Dutta 
> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >This post on Wikimedia-l summarises and captures the recent updates and
> >
>
> Nice. Thanks for sharing.
>
> >journey so far.
> >Specially, in case we need to know the background and details, the
> >links
> >shared by Florence in the post below will take through. I'll add some
> >additional notes to the links (without editing the main post)
> >1) Link 1 is the main rebranding page, to know more about the
> >rebranding
> >plan. That's the main page.
> >2) Link 2 is about an RfC that took place to understand community
> >opinion
> >on "Should the Foundation call itself Wikimedia?"
>
> One minor but important correction. The RfC is for "Should the Foundation
> call itself *Wikipedia*?" (emphasis added)
>
> --
> Sivaraam
>
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation proposal to call ourselves as the Wikipedia Network, Wikipedia Movement or simply Wiki

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
This post on Wikimedia-l summarises and captures the recent updates and the
journey so far.
Specially, in case we need to know the background and details, the links
shared by Florence in the post below will take through. I'll add some
additional notes to the links (without editing the main post)
1) Link 1 is the main rebranding page, to know more about the rebranding
plan. That's the main page.
2) Link 2 is about an RfC that took place to understand community opinion
on "Should the Foundation call itself Wikimedia?"
3) Now after presenting the main idea (Link 1) and getting community
feedback (link 2 the RfC, and different other channels were used to get
feedback, including 2 workshops at Oslo, and Bangalore, 1 online workshop,
mailing list discussion etc. they, as reported, gathered all feedback and
presented 3 naming conventions. We are in "this" stage now. If you have
got a post on your talk page or email asking to fill a survey, or talking
about selecting one of the three naming conventions (Wikipedia network,
Wikipedia movement, and Wiki), that's the naming convention survey. The
naming conventions are presented in Link 3 below.
Link 4 contains YouTube video links, where the ideas were presented in
videos.

 Actually we are slightly ahead of this stage now, especially after an
Executive Summary was posted on 18 June 2020, you might have noticed
another post on this mailing list yesterday. In this "for your information"
or "let's look back/summarise" post I don't want to include that, as it
will make the timeline more complicated, and will make it more difficult to
follow.


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Date: Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 3:53 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation proposal to call ourselves as
the Wikipedia Network, Wikipedia Movement or simply Wiki
To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org 

Hi Folks,
There is a proposal initiated by the Wikimedia Foundation to call ourselves
the "Wikipedia Network", "Wikipedia Movement" or simply "Wiki".

I strongly suggest that the Foundation should allocate time & resources
with the Wikimedia community fully involved in *identifying and resolving
the real problem *that brought the idea of creating the brands department.
These include opening communication channels like what was done in our
strategy 2030 process to ask recommendations on how we strengthen the
Wikimedia identity (like having online and offline promotion of the
"Wikimedia" identity)

I was puzzled how this Brand project was not fully integrated in the 2017
and 2018-2020 Movement Strategy Process.

But hey, we can do a counter proposal and offer a better and more
acceptable solution to this.


As shared by the Florence in the other mailing list:

1) if you are not aware of the topic, and arguments behind the
proposition >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
2) if you would like to read some feedback from the community, check
this :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia
3) to read the proposals :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_convention_proposals
4) to watch the presentation via youtube  :
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlBGHHHiY
*






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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Affiliates meeting tomorrow on current situation of Rebranding

[Tito Dutta]

Greetings,
Thanks for the update Bodhi. The meeting date is tomorrow, but as it says
the meeting has been tagged as "urgent", and hence it is in short notice (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting). I presume, a
major discussion topic will be around the latest development, and possibly
there will be more topics.

I do believe Wikimedia communities and editors in India have an important
role in the process, the naming convention discussion/the survey. It would
also be good if we can discuss our thoughts about the naming conventions
here or separately, if people are interested.
Thanks and regards,
User:Titodutta
(Wikipedia editor)


On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 18:28, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I hope that the Indian community members are aware of the turmoil in the
> community which has arisen from the entire process of rebranding initiative
> of WMF and its recent updates. I hope many of you have noticed the RfC
> ,
> brand name proposal
> 
> etc and the widespread opposition this process faced due to several valid
> reasons, which were largely ignored in the process. Recently, I guess, all
> affiliate contacts got a closed survey link to choose from three
> ''Wikipedia'' variants as the future brand.
>
> Yesterday, the head of Communications department of  WMF published an 
> Executive
> statement,
> 
> where she said the decision of rebranding was already made by the WMF
> board. If that is true, the community and affiliates do not have the option
> to discuss the necessity of the process or stop the process by raising
> their valid concerns.
>
> In this current situation, affiliates are meeting on an emergency basis to
> discuss about what is happening and the next course of action from
> bottom-up. Details of the meeting can be found here.
> 
>
> 1st call: 21st January, 2020, 8:30 am IST
> 2nd call: 22nd January, 2020, 00:30 am IST
>
> All affiliates from India are requested to send at least one contact
> person or representative to join the meeting.
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
> (As a *Wikimedia* *volunteer*)
>
> [P.S. - This post is only for information about the meeting. I do not have
> any link with the brand team and the process or WMF.]
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Secret WMF Job of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

[Tito Dutta]

Greetings, these days I often get 2 emails when someone sends an email to a
list. One from the mailing list and another from the Wikimedia Space.
Anyway, I am not worried about the Wiki-identity/username part here, nor I
asked that. However, conclusions were made really fast. I am unsure if it
can be called Whistleblowing.
Thanks
User:Titodutta
(Wikipedia editor, post in personal capacity)



On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 08:31, Arvind Menon  wrote:

> First of all I am not spreading any lies. Please check what information I
> received from WMF Community Program Director
>
> '''Hi Arvind, Krishna had been working on a contract with Community
> Programs but that wrapped up a couple of months ago. '''
>
> Now Krishna has also accepted he was on contract and said there is
> documentation and would provide details in likely 1-2 days. Now 3-4 days
> have passed and wish the details can be shared.
>
> I could not find any User page with his name and in bracket WMF or
> Contract and also any Meta page where it is written. This always happen
> everytime with WMF Contractors.
>
> How was the selection process done? This is also not clear and no mention
> in the reply. If it is a lateral entry and that too without announcement
> and documentation this raises serious doubts on WMF.
>
> NOTE - This is not a fake profile. I will share my User Name when I feel
> comfortable that no one will harass me. Learn to protect the identity of
> Whistleblower.   I will definitely share my User Name and clear everyone do
> not worry.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 00:44, Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> If you feel WMF was misled into hiring a non-competent Hindi speaker for
>> liaising with the Hindi community, I encourage you to write to the
>> Foundation's Human Resources department 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

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

[Tito Dutta]

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 
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.
>
> 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.
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Open Publishing Fest - May 18-29 2020

[Tito Dutta]

Thanks for sharing Shrini.
>> The events can be anything. Below are a few ideas I can share
-- All of these are interesting ideas. Specially different aspects of
Wikisource might be an interesting idea to present/discuss, in my opinion.

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On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 19:13, Shrinivasan T  wrote:

> Coko Foundation, USA is organizing a global wide event to promote
> “Open Publishing”.
>
>
>
> This is an online event.
>
> Anyone can propose, conduct event on their own language, their desired
> online platform.
>
> From the website,
>
> 
> Open Publishing Fest celebrates communities developing open creative,
> scholarly, technological, and civic publishing projects. Together, we
> find new ground to share our ideas.
>
> This is at once a collaborative and distributed event. Sessions are
> hosted by individuals and organizations around the world as panel
> discussions, fireside chats, demonstrations, and performances. We
> connect those points to bring them in conversation with one another
> and map out what’s next.
>
> We seek to build networks of resilience and care for people working on
> new ways to develop and share knowledge.
>
> Join us by proposing a session. Proposals will be considered on a
> rolling basis up to and throughout the fest.
>
> 
>
> Propose an event here – https://openpublishingfest.org/form.html
>
> You can propose any number of events.
>
> Last date to propose is May 29 2020. Yes. Till the last date, you can
> propose and conduct events.
>
> Already 70+ events are proposed. Check them all here –
> https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html
>
>
>
> The events can be anything. Below are few ideas I can share
>
> 1. Demo on any free/open source software related to publishing. There
> are plenty.
>
> Calibre
> Pressbooks.com
> LibreOffice
> Scribus
> Editoria
> PubSweet
> WikiSource.org
> wordpress blog
>
> and more
>
> 2. Hackathons to explore and contribute to these software.
>
> 3. Panel discussions on these publishing tools
>
> 4. Book reviews/discussion on open licensed books
>
> 5. Silent reading events. Mark a specific date/time and friends. Read
> few open licensed books. Thats all.
>
> 6. Proofread the books in wikisource.org in your language
>
> 7. If you can write, write a book or few chapters for your next open
> licensed book
>
> 8. Pratham Books is running https://storyweaver.org.in/  where you can
> create story books for kids. You can draw images and upload there.
> Translate existing stories to your language. All the books there in
> Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.
>
> 9. Check the Open Publishing Fest Event calendar here –
> https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html Promote the all the
> events you can at the social mediums you are.
>
> You can bring more ideas and share here.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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>
>
> My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com
> Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com
>
> Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
> http://FreeTamilEbooks.com
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> T.Shrinivasan
>
>
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>
> Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer :
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

[Tito Dutta]

An addition: after pondering on the page for sometime, it looks like it is
not a global preference by default, and global preference can be set at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalPreferences (change
en.wikipedia to any Wiki-site if needed)

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On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 06:36, Tito Dutta  wrote:

> Greetings,
> They have added an additional layer. This was a community wishlist
> request. Some of you might find it interesting
>
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Ilana Fried 
> Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 at 03:31
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password
> Reset
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> The Community Tech team[1] has released a new feature: Enhanced Password
> Reset[2]. We developed this feature in response to the #3 wish[3] from the
> 2019
> Community Wishlist Survey[4]. With this feature, you can prevent password
> reset emails from being sent unless both your username and email address
> are provided on Special:PasswordReset. This is an optional feature,
> available in the “Email options” section of Preferences. If you enable the
> feature, you can reduce harassment through unsolicited password reset
> emails. For more information, you can visit the Help:Password Reset page[5]
> and the project page[6].
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Ilana Fried
>
> Product Manager, Community Tech
>
>
> [1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech
> [2].
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password#I%E2%80%99m_getting_password_reset_emails_that_I_didn%E2%80%99t_request._How_do_I_prevent_this_from_happening
> ?
> [3].
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Anti-harassment/Add_an_option_to_require_email_address_and_username_to_reset_password
> [4].
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Results
> [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password
> [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Password_Reset_Update
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password Reset

[Tito Dutta]

Greetings,
They have added an additional layer. This was a community wishlist request.
Some of you might find it interesting

-- Forwarded message -
From: Ilana Fried 
Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 at 03:31
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New Feature from Community Tech: Enhanced Password
Reset
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Hello everyone,


The Community Tech team[1] has released a new feature: Enhanced Password
Reset[2]. We developed this feature in response to the #3 wish[3] from the
2019
Community Wishlist Survey[4]. With this feature, you can prevent password
reset emails from being sent unless both your username and email address
are provided on Special:PasswordReset. This is an optional feature,
available in the “Email options” section of Preferences. If you enable the
feature, you can reduce harassment through unsolicited password reset
emails. For more information, you can visit the Help:Password Reset page[5]
and the project page[6].


Thank you,


Ilana Fried

Product Manager, Community Tech


[1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech
[2].
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password#I%E2%80%99m_getting_password_reset_emails_that_I_didn%E2%80%99t_request._How_do_I_prevent_this_from_happening
?
[3].
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Anti-harassment/Add_an_option_to_require_email_address_and_username_to_reset_password
[4]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Results
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reset_password
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Password_Reset_Update
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal for a multilingual Wikipedia

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
I hope you some of you will find this interesting.
Good wishes,

-- Forwarded message -
From: Denny Vrandečić 
Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 at 00:57
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal for a multilingual Wikipedia
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 

Hello all,

after talking about it a few times here, the official proposal for creating
the multilingual Wikipedia proposal is now on Meta.

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

The idea is to create abstract, language-independent content in Wikidata,
and then translate it into natural language using function. These functions
will be defined and maintained in a new Wikimedia project, which I
preliminary called Wikilambda.

Wikilambda will be a new Wikimedia project that allows to create, maintain,
catalog, and evaluate functions about all kind of things. You can find a
lot of further details in the link above. If you have any questions, I am
happy to answer them.

The official project proposal process basically says, make the proposal
here, and then go and tell everyone, and at some point, the Board might
look at this and say, yes good idea.

So I would love to collect many of your voices and support signatures, so
that I can go to the Board and tell them look at this :) So please sign
here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikilambda

Thank you,
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Netha wins 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source Award!

[Tito Dutta]

Congratulations Dr. Netha. That's a great news. Good wishes.

Thanks Subha for sharing.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020, 8:48 PM Subhashish  wrote:

> Hope everyone is keeping safe and well in a difficult time like now. There
> is a good news - Netha Hussain has won the 2020 RedHat Women in Open Source
> Award. [1][2]
>
> Congratulations Netha - this is such a proud moment for all of us!
>
> Also, see WikiProject COVID-19, where Netha is a leader, for those who are
> interested to contribute on coronavirus-related articles:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_COVID-19
>
> 1. https://www.redhat.com/en/about/women-in-open-source
> 2. https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1255513602951430145
>
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Meet

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
This looks interesting to me. You may have a look.

Thanks
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From: Amir Sarabadani 
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 at 01:57
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Meet
To: wikitech-l , Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hey,
"Wikimedia Meet" [0] (https://meet.wmcloud.org), is a project in Wikimedia
CloudVPS for Wikimedians to meet virtually instead of using commercial
services like Zoom which might have security and privacy implications
[1][2]. Currently it's a jitsi (jitsi.org) installation.

If you want to just use/test it, let me know and I create you a user and
password. You can share the username and password with anyone you want to
meet but please do not post it publicly. In your email you can also give me
your desired user and password. **Do not reuse any password**. You can also
contact any of the ticketmasters instead of me:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet#List_of_ticketmasters

In order to make this project more robust, I'm looking for Ticketmasters
too, Ticketmasters create accounts for others (It doesn't require any
technical knowledge, you fill a form in web for others)

If you want to help maintaining it (which would be greatly appreciated) let
me know and I give you the needed access. I put the technical documentation
in mediawiki.org [3]. There are several bits you can help with, like
puppetizing it, scalability, observability, improving authentication,
trying to see if BBB can be used as well, and so much more. You can find
the tickets in the phabricator board and assign a ticket to yourself if you
feel like helping out.

[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet
[1] https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/
[2]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Meet

Hope that would be useful for our users :)
Best
-- 
Amir (he/him)
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India IRC for April 2020

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Noted your suggestion Sushant. This is interesting. We will get back with
this topic once the situation improves.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 6:41 PM sushant savla 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have suggestion for CIS,
>
> If they can create such cost effective boxes and distribute to the
> interested Community members, It will be great help. In th ecost of one
> scanner, all the communities will have multiple scanners.
>
> Regards
>
> Sushant
>
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:37:18 +0530 Shrinivasan T wrote
> >
> Hi,
> Missed the meeting.
> Please share the chat log or minutes.
> Thanks,Shrini
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Making of a ScanBox - DIY Scanner

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Excellent Shrini, thanks for sharing step by step details. Regards.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 11:08 AM Shrinivasan T  wrote:

>
>
> Recently, we have built a custom scan box to scan books.
>
>
> With this box and a smartphone, we can scan books easily.
>
> Wrote about it here
>
> https://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/making-of-kaniyam-scanbox-diy-scanner/
>
>
> Comment there If you are interested in volunteering for scanning or post
> processing using scantailor.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] India IRC for April 2020

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Hello,
Thanks for your question. Are you asking this about the IRC or in general?
This IRC is not restricted to any language or project community.
About support in general, as we focusing more and more on projects (focused
projects such as Wikisource, Wikidata etc.), so this is also open to all
language communities.

The two agenda items mentioned in the first email in the thread: online
support and Wikisource, perhaps it is important to try to understand the
support we need to provide to the communities now out in future. You are
aware that because of the unfortunate condition on-ground events are
currently not possible, so we can use this time and opportunity to think
upcoming online activities and support.

Thanks
Tito Dutta



On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 14:50, Jayantilal Kothari 
wrote:

> Great job Subodh.
> Can you elaborate on what are the language communities CIS would be
> serving?
>
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 9:05 AM, subodh kulkarni 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Wikimedians,
>>
>> Hope this email finds you well. We wish you safe and healthy days ahead
>> for all of you.
>>
>> We want to inform you that an India level IRC for April on 19 at 7–8 pm.
>> The agenda for the IRC is as follows -
>> * Online support (Ideas & methods)
>> * Online Wikisource activities
>>
>> The link to join IRC - https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#cis-a2k
>>
>> Looking forward to your participation. Please also share this message.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Subodh Kulkarni
>> Programme Officer
>> Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic-TechCom (Jan-Mar 2020) Report

[Tito Dutta]

Excellent progres. Many thanks for sharing. Regards.

Thanks
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 20:42, Jay prakash <0freerunn...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Indic-TechCom's quarterly report has been ready. Details are the following.
>
> == Tools ==
> 1. *Indic Wikisource Contest
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Indic_Wikisource_Contest>
>  (Feature
> Added)*
>
>- Fix mobile view (phab:T243656
><https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T243656>)
>- Make user pages collapsible (gerrit:577819
><https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/577819>)
>- Allow to sort the result table (phab:T247933
><https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T247933>)
>
>
> 2. *QRCode-Generator <https://tools.wmflabs.org/qrcode-generator/>
> (Feature Added)*
>
>- Add i18n support (phab:T242191
><https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242191>, 3 Patches)
>- Add flake8 test support (phab:T248798
><https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248798>, 2 Patches)
>- Add pre-generated title, description and category while uploading (
>phab:T242190 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242190>, 3 Patches)
>
>
> 3. *BookReader
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/BookReader> (Feature
> Added)*
>
>- Integrate Bookreader tool on Bengali Wikisource (phab:T241588
><https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241588>)
>- Add i18n support (phab:T241595
><https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241595>, 5 Patches)
>- 2 Minor fixes
>
>
> 4. *Wikifile-transfer
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Wikifile-transfer> 
> (Feature
> Added)*
> * * *Add "save preference" (phab:T241736
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T241736>)
>
> == UserScripts ==
> *1. FindAndReplace
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/FindAndReplace> (New)* -
> This Script adds Mass Find and Replace link in the sidebar for replacing
> the text in mass. You can give the set of pages to the script and the
> script will replace the usage based on find and replace.
>
> == Other ==
>
>- Twinkle menu errors on tewiki on meta-wiki (*Marked as resolved*)
>- Find & Replace on meta-wiki (*Marked as resolved*)
>- Hotfix userscript to fix broken thumbnails on wikisources (
>phab:T242316 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T242316>)
>- Add help link to Special:Mute (gerrit:570477
><https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/570477>)
>
>
>
> For the update, You can keep eye on
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Report/Jan-Mar_2020
>
> Thanks to Soumya Sharma, Ananth Subray, Bodhisattwa, Aftabuzzaman, ZI
> Jony, Arjunaraoc, Wikilover90, and CIS-India to involving with us.
>
>
>  Thanks :) Regard
>
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> Developer, Indic-TechCom
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikidata] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Tito Dutta]

This workshop will be conducted virtually. And the agenda shows there will
be a few renowned speakers. For this particular event I have applied to
attend. If any of you are interested, have a look.

PS. I am not part of the organizing committee.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Leila Zia 
Date: Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 4:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikidata] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers
To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities <
wiki-researc...@lists.wikimedia.org>, A mailing list for the Analytics Team
at WMF and everybody who has an interest in Wikipedia and analytics. <
analyt...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Discussion list for the Wikidata project. <
wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hi all,

I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy.

A few updates (including registration information) about Wiki Workshop 2020:

* Wiki Workshop 2020 will take place on April 21, 5:00-10:00 PST
(13:00-18:00 UTC).

* We are planning an optional 80-min event after the completion of the
workshop. More information about this once we publish the full
schedule on 2020-03-31.

* We currently have a cap of 300 people for folks to participate in
the workshop. If you know you want to participate, please register
sooner rather than later. We are still iterating over the "streaming"
idea. More updates on that in the coming weeks.

* If you like to participate in the workshop, please submit your
registration request via
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform
.

Best,
Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop 2020 organizers

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:42 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have an update for you regarding Wiki Workshop 2020 [0] in light of
> the global health situation related to COVID-19.
>
> ==Summary==
> We have turned Wiki Workshop 2020 from an in-person event to a fully
> virtual event. This was not an easy decision for us to make. We know
> that past year attendees had gained a lot from the in-person set-up of
> the workshop. This being said, we're excited about the opportunity of
> organizing the workshop in a virtual set-up: this allows us to reduce
> our carbon foot-print and to allow more people to benefit from the
> workshop.
>
> For this year's workshop, we have decided to remove the registration
> cost which is removing one more barrier for participation. The
> workshop will take place, as originally planned, on April 21 2020. We
> have changed the time of the workshop from Taipei's local time to
> afternoon UTC until evening UTC. (Exact times will be announced in the
> coming couple of weeks.) We also want you to know that we're working
> hard to transform the workshop program to one that can be engaging in
> a virtual set-up. We are making good progress on this front, thanks to
> the immense flexibility of everyone who is working with us including
> our speakers and the authors of the papers. Look for more information
> in the coming weeks about how to register (for fee). If you want to
> know more, please read on! :)
>
> ==Where?==
> Wiki Workshop 2020 is going fully virtual. All talks, conversations,
> poster sessions, and one on one meetings are moved to a virtual
> environment.
>
> ==When?==
> April 21, 2020. We will start in the afternoon UTC and will end in the
> evening UTC. Note that this is a change from the original plan to
> start at 9:00 local time in Taipei. We expect to be able to finalize
> the start and end times of the workshop no later than 2020-03-27.
>
> ==How?==
> We are testing a few different video communication options and most
> likely we will go with Zoom [1]. There is no cost for downloading
> Zoom, and there is even a web browser version of it. However, some of
> the features we will use, such as breakout rooms, will work more
> smoothly if you download Zoom. We will send specific instructions for
> how to connect to those who register for the event.
>
> ==Registration==
> If you are not an author of an accepted archival paper, you can
> request to attend the event for free. We will send the details for how
> to submit your request by 2020-03-27. We will review all registration
> requests and will let you know if your registration is through.
>
> If you are an author of an accepted paper in the workshop, you will
> need to make sure at least one of the authors of your paper is
> registered for a 1-day (or more) in-person registration option offered
> by the Web Conference 2020 organizers or the 5-day virtual attendance
> registration for the conference. Link to register:
> https://www2020.thewebconf.org/registration . Please note that your
> paper will be removed from the proceedings of the conference if you do
> not take this step and we, as workshop organizers, don't have any
> means to fix that for you.
>
> ==Program==
> We traditionally had 5-6 invited talks (45-min each) in Wiki Workshop
> along with a Featured and Lightning Talk session by the authors of the
> accepted papers 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] Update on Wikimedia conference grants

[Tito Dutta]

For your information, thanks.

-- Forwarded message -
From: Katherine Maher 
Date: Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 12:26 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] Update on Wikimedia conference grants
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
Cc: , Janeen Uzzell ,
WMF Grants Administrator , Foundation Official <
foundation-offic...@wikimedia.org>, Chen Almog 


Hi everyone,

I wanted to share the following email. I send this to all current Wikimedia
conference grant recipients earlier today.

*Summary:*

   - All conferences funded by Wikimedia Foundation grants must be
   cancelled or postponed until further notice
   - Cancellation fees and other penalties can be covered through grant
   funds
   - Not complying with these instructions might affect future grant
   requests
   - Please contact your program officers for further guidance
   - We will not be approving grants for conferences until further notice

Thanks for your understanding, and stay safe!

Katherine

===

Hi all,

I’m writing to you as applicants and recipients of funding for Wikimedia
movement conferences scheduled or planned before December 2020. You will
not be surprised to learn that we are making some changes to our support
for movement conferences during the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

Two weeks ago, I sent all Project, Rapid, and Annual Plan grantees a
request to cancel or reschedule all public programs, and last week, we
canceled Wikimania[4]. Today, I want to provide clarity for recipients of
conference grants.

*== Cancelling or postponing events: next steps == *
We are asking all grantees with previously-approved and funded conferences
to postpone or cancel their conference until the World Health Organization
declares the COVID-19 pandemic over.

We recognize that you have already put a lot of effort into organizing and
planning your conference. However, our first priority is the health and
safety of you, your Wikimedia community, and the general public. We thank
you for modeling social responsibility and leadership by postponing your
event.

Global public health guidance indicates that the more quickly the world
responds to a pandemic, the better off the outcomes. In order to safeguard
free knowledge, we must also prioritize the well-being of the people who
make it possible.

*To facilitate postponing* the events and rescheduling them to a date *after
15 September 2020*, we ask the following:

   1. Gather the data regarding all prepaid expenses, and report on any
   unused funds. Any incurred costs due to cancellations will not be
deducted
   from your total grant. In due time, we will review any increase requests
on
   a case-by-case basis.
   2. Determining the new event date should be done in collaboration with
   your program officer (Chen Almog, cal...@wikimedia.org) to ensure your
   new event date does not overlap with other movement events or other
   potential constraints.
   3. Please hold the grant funds until they can be repurposed to cover the
   rescheduled event. Those funds should not be repurposed to accommodate
any
   other activity without your program officer’s approval.
   4. If you have a proposal for repurposing the grant funds that is
   different than simply postponing your event, please discuss this with
your
   program officer.
   5. Our hope is that we will have better insight into the future by June.
   We will reach out to you by June 30th to revisit the situation. Please
feel
   free to reach out if you think you are ready to discuss this earlier.
   6. If you wish to* cancel* your proposed event, we ask you to
   communicate this to us soon so we can specifically work with you on
   returning the funds to the Wikimedia Foundation for other use.

*== Thank you == *
We know how important it is to support one another and keep our communities
connected right now. We also know how important it is that you are able to
take care of yourself, your family, and other aspects of your life. If you
want to continue planning Wikimedia activities appropriate for this moment
(such as online, distributed events), we support you. Hosting online events
will be new for many of us, but we have already seen Wikimedians around the
world working on new approaches. We encourage you to connect with them, and
review this growing collection of resources on Meta-Wiki.[5]

We also recognize some people may need to pause in their volunteer efforts
in order to take care of those around them. That’s also okay. You should
not feel pressure to redesign your activities in order to meet previous
goals. There is no penalty for canceling.

Your program officer can work with you to discuss any ideas or answer
questions, so please reach out to us if you would like to talk. We’ll also
keep sharing more information and resources in the coming weeks via usual
community channels and this Meta-Wiki page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19 [6]

We are all here to support you and your communities right now. If you have
any questions about 

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] Postponing Wikimania Bangkok until 2021

[Tito Dutta]

For your information, thanks
Thanks
Tito Dutta
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me over email or phone call.


-- Forwarded message -
From: Katherine Maher 
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 02:27
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Covid-19] Postponing Wikimania Bangkok until 2021
To: Wikimania General List, (open subscription) <
wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <
wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>


Dear everyone,

As a part of the Wikimedia movement’s ongoing response to the COVID-19
pandemic, we are postponing Wikimania Bangkok 2020. This decision was made
with the full support of the ESEAP host team and Wikimania Committee.
Together, we will hold Wikimania in Bangkok in 2021.

We are filled with sadness to not see you all in Bangkok in August.
However, we are confident that this is the best possible decision for the
well-being of our global community and public health overall. This decision
was proposed by the ESEAP organizers in line with their countries’ response
to the COVID-19 pandemic and is in line with recommendations from the World
Health Organization (WHO).

You are certain to have many questions. We hope to answer some of your
questions below. We will continue to answer questions on the Wikimania
Meta-Wiki page and on the Wikimania Telegram group chat (more information
below).


*== What does “postponing” Wikimania mean? ==*
We will not host an in-person Wikimania in 2020. We are rescheduling
Wikimania Bangkok until 2021. The ESEAP organizing team[2] will continue
their work as a regional collaborative between affiliates in the East,
South East, and Pacific regions to host us in Thailand next year.

The hotel and venue[3] in Bangkok will remain the same. We have not yet
finalized dates for 2021. We will work with the ESEAP team and Wikimania
Steering Committee to confirm new dates. We will let you know these dates
by the end of 2020.

The good news is that Wikimania 2021 will coincide with Wikipedia’s 20th
birthday year. We expect this to be a truly memorable Wikimania -- an
opportunity to celebrate reconnection after a year apart, along with the
remarkable accomplishment of two decades of free knowledge.

*== Will there be an alternative to the in-person event? ==*

There are no plans by the 2020 Wikimania hosts to organize a virtual,
online event. Hosting Wikimania is a lot of work. The ESEAP team is
committed to hosting the best possible in-person event in Bangkok in 2021.
Therefore, they will not have the capacity to organize a virtual Wikimania
this year.

However, the Wikimania committee, the ESEAP host team, and the Wikimedia
Foundation all recognize that other members of the community may be
interested in organizing a remote, global Wikimedia event for 2020.
Although the Wikimedia Foundation does not have the capacity at this time
to lead the organizing of a virtual online conference, we recognize others
may have the desire to do so.

We welcome discussion about online events. Interested parties are welcome
to contact the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimania Foundation staff
for advice on the Wikimania Meta-Wiki page[1].

We are also considering proposals for improving the capacity of communities
to organize local virtual convenings, and for how we can support
communities in organizing impromptu local and regional Wikimedia events
once the pandemic passes. As the situation has been changing rapidly we are
still working on specifics and will share more information in the coming
weeks.

*== What does this mean for scholarship applications? ==*

We are working on a plan for how to process Wikimania 2020 scholarship
applications.[4] We will share more information in the coming weeks.

*== How was this decision made? ==*

This recommendation was made by the ESEAP organizers based on what we know
about the current COVID-19 global health pandemic and current WHO
guidelines. The decision was made together with the ESEAP team in
consultation with the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia
Foundation. Together we are fully and unanimously aligned around this
decision.

Although we are genuinely sad to not have the opportunity to see you all
this year, we also are fully supportive of this decision in all of our best
interests. It allows our ESEAP community hosts to focus on the immediate
needs of their families, local Wikimedia communities, and local communities
as a whole. It is in line with global public health guidance and aligns the
Wikimedia movement as a responsible actor in support of our common public
good.

We want to thank all volunteers and affiliates that have been involved with
planning Wikimania. We’re especially appreciative of the ESEAP for their
leadership, flexibility, and compassion, as we have worked together to make
some difficult decisions on this important event.

*== Where can I learn more about Wikimania 2021? ==*

There are a number of channels where Wikimania is regularly discussed and

[Wikimediaindia-l] Update related to CIS-A2K offline events and COVID-19 outbreak

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
You are aware of the unfortunate coronavirus outbreak globally. In light of
the concerns with respect to COVID 19/Coronavirus outbreak in several parts
of the world, CIS-A2K, after getting instructions from WMF[1] and
recommendations from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) management
and the board, will be implementing the following measures:
1) Given the risk of human to human transmission, we are currently
cancelling/postponing our all offline/on-site Wiki-events such as
workshops, conferences etc. You might have noticed in another thread[2] on
this mailing list that we have decided not to conduct Hackathon at this
moment, which was supposed to be conducted at the end of March. Similarly,
Advanced Train-the-Trainer has been kept on hold as well.
2) CIS-A2K request page[3] currently won't support any offline/onsite
Wiki-events such as photowalk, workshop etc.

As of now, this will be applicable till 15 September 2020.

To keep the energy of the Wikimedia communities in India, CIS-A2K is
planning to support and organise online Wiki-events (remote participation,
where no physical presence is required), we'll get back to you with further
details.

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation. For any question, please
reply in this thread or email tito+wetoget...@cis-india.org
Stay safe.
With regards and good wishes,
T
--
Some other reading:
A few Wikimedians have started and working on a WikiProject remote event
participation:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation You
may have a look. Similarly, a Coronavirus tech handbook is being prepared
(crowdsourced) as well for remote working and events:
https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/remote

Please follow
Indian Government: Ministry of Health of Family Welfare (MOHFW) helpline
and support advice: http://www.mohfw.gov.in/, MOHFW consolidated travel
guidelines: http://www.mohfw
.gov.in/ConsolidatedTraveladvisoryUpdated11032020.pdf Mass gathering
advisory: http://www.mohfw.gov.in/advisoryformassgathering.pdf
Coronavirus safety advice by WHO:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

References
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/COVID-19_Notice
[2]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2020-March/014530.html
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Requests

Thanks
Tito Dutta
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

[Tito Dutta]

This is a newly launched interface to update report links and affiliate
details on Meta-Wiki. The data query part they told sounds interesting to
me. For your kind reference.
Thanks
Tito Dutta


-- Forwarded message -
From: Dumisani Ndubane 
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 at 23:22
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


TL;DR: Launch of Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

We are launching a new form-based annual reporting system for Wikimedia
affiliates [1], as well as a basic Affiliates data query system. We would
love your feedback.
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Hello, Affiliate Leaders & Community Members,

Tired of the affiliate reports [2] wiki table of death? SO are we!

The Learning & Evaluation team is pleased to announce the launch of the
Wikimedia Affiliates Data (WAD) Portal [1]. This portal will serve three
purposes as follows:

   1. It introduces a new Object-Oriented User Interface (OOUI) [3]
   form-based report submission interface for annual activity and financial
   reports. This replaces the wiki mark-up based submission via the
   [[Reports]] page on meta.
   2. It introduces the ability for Organizations to update their
   information using OOUI forms on the fly.
   3. It introduces a new simple data query form that allows anyone
   logged-in to their public wiki accounts to run a query and view results
on
   available Affiliates data. The query tool will be improved in the coming
   financial year, as we work to code data in Affiliate reports into
   structured data, to allow for richer analysis.


The [[Reports]] page on meta will continue to be visible on meta until the
end of June 2020, after which it will be protected and archived. All
organizations that are due to submit annual reports at the end of March are
encouraged to use the new report submission forms. If you do use the new
forms, please share any feedback you have about this new process on the
Portal’s talk page

We will hold training seminars for those who wish to be onboarded to the
submission forms and the Query system during the months of March and April
2020 (Dates will be communicated soon).

We have taken time to pre-populate the system with basic information about
each recognized Wikimedia affiliate, however, should you find any incorrect
or outdated information about your group, please use the organization
information page[4] to provide updated information.

We trust that you will enjoy the new portal and that you will find it
useful. Should you have any problems or encounter bugs in the new forms,
please use the Portal talk page [5] to log these, or to simply ask
questions. We will collect similar questions to create an FAQ page in due
time.

Kindest regards

*Dumisani Ndubane* - Lead Designer
*Derick Alangi* - Software Developer
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*Learning & Evaluation team*
Wikimedia Foundation

*Links:*
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal/Organizations_Information
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] FW: Update about TTT selection

[Tito Dutta]

Thanks for your messages, and thanks for assuming good faith. Yes, we tried
ensuring region, gender, language, and other things. The candidates were
selected after recommendations of jury members. 24 members were selected
over-all. 1 person could not attend for some reason. So we have 23
participants.
Today it was the second day of TTT, and it has been a busy day. Someone of
us will get back to you in a few days.

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, 29 Feb 2020 at 20:22, Ravishankar  wrote:

> Please assume some good faith.
>
> Even if all 60 candidates who applied are eligible, they still need to
> select 25 people.
>
> Even if only two people are selected from each community, it can easily
> fill the 25 seats.
>
> The selection criteria listed by CIS-A2K is good.
>
> May be they can also display how they ensured diversity in terms of
> gender, region, language, wiki project, and wiki age of the candidates.
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:44 PM Vishwanatha Badikana <
> badikan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 6:20 PM subodh kulkarni 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> We are thankful for the response to TTT this year. We received total 60
>>> applications, out of which 25 participants were selected.
>>>
>>> Two jury members from the community and A2K team selected the
>>> participants. The selection criterion were as follows -
>>>
>>>- Wikimedian from India
>>>- Minimum 800 edits on zero-namespace before 31 December 2019.
>>>- Should not be previous TTT participant
>>>- Should be active recently, for last one year preferably (Aware
>>>about present active community and happenings)
>>>- Who has the interest to conduct offline/real-life Wiki events and
>>>to train others.
>>>- Should not be too experienced (already leading the community or
>>>user groups or any affiliate)
>>>- Should not be involved in any vandalism, abuse etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks & regards,
>>>
>>> A2K team
>>> Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 10:07 AM  wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think this email did not reach the India mailing list. Hence I am
>>>> fwd-ing it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Pavanaja
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Vishwanatha Badikana 
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2020 3:26 PM
>>>> *To:* kishoresheni69 ; Pavanaja U B <
>>>> pavan...@gmail.com>; Bharathesha A B ; Dr.
>>>> Manavpreet Kaur ; Kavitha Ganesh <
>>>> gkav...@gmail.com>; Dhanalakshmi K. T. ; Rohini
>>>> Lakshané ; Kannada Wikipedia Discussion
>>>> List ; Wikimedia India Community list <
>>>> wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>; subodhki...@gmail.com; Vikas
>>>> Hegde ; vinoda jaya prasad <
>>>> vinu.jayapra...@gmail.com>
>>>> *Subject:* Fwd: Update about TTT selection
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is going on the TTT Selection.  I don't want future TTT
>>>> selection.  The Kannada Community members depressed.  I think the selection
>>>> committee have lot of politics.  Who are the selection committee?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- Forwarded message -
>>>> From: *subodh kulkarni* 
>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 22:14
>>>> Subject: Update about TTT selection
>>>> To:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear applicant,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We are thankful for showing interest to participate in TTT 2020. We are
>>>> sorry to inform you that your application was not selected in the process.
>>>>
>>>> We value your contribution to the Wikimedia movement and looking
>>>> forward to work with you in future.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Subodh Kulkarni
>>>>
>>>> on behalf of
>>>>
>>>> Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>

[Wikimediaindia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled

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Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 00:35
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020 in Berlin cancelled
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear all,

It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global health
situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit 2020 and
related side events in Berlin have been cancelled.

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meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates
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We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not only in
relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will follow
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic-TechCom Oct-Dec 2019 Report

[Tito Dutta]

Great to see these development. Good work Jay. Good wishes on the Republic
Day. Regards.

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020, 2:22 PM Rajeeb Dutta  wrote:

> Hi Jay,
> Thanks for the update and do keep the clock of good work ticking.
>
> Thank you for everything you do for the movement.
>
> Best Regards,
> Rajeeb.
> (U: Marajozkee)
> (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity)
>
> On 26-Jan-2020, at 2:12 AM, Jay prakash <0freerunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Indic-TechCom's quarterly report has been ready. Details are the following.
>
> == Tools ==
> 1. *Wikifile-transfer
>  
> (New)*-
> This tool helps the users to upload non-free images from one wiki to
> another wiki. Work on this started from CIS MediaWiki training 2019.
> * **   Releasement of the tool in October 2019 (phab:T225377
> )
>
> 2. *BookReader
>  (New)* -
> This tool allows users to PDF/DjVu in book format. It is mainly created for
> Wikisource to read the Index pages.
>
>- Creation of tool (phab:T240178
>)
>- Support for locally uploaded books (phab:T240683
>)
>- Give the option to the input file name instead of file URL (
>phab:T240744 )
>- Allow users to write file name without File Prefix (phab:T241489
>)
>- Autocompletion of File Name (phab:T241491
>)
>
>
> 3*. Indic Wikisource Stats
>  
> (Feature
> Added)* -
>
>- Added monthly active users activity regarding
>Proofreading/Validations (phab:T241430
>)
>- Added newly created Hindi Wikisource in the tool (phab:T241431
>)
>
>
> 4.* Indic Wikisource Contest
> 
>  (New)* -
> This tool allows the Wikisource community to run the
> proofreading/validation contest. This was very hard to implement as it
> required most of the technologies like OAuth, MediaWiki API.
>
>- Creation of tool (phab:T241537
>, 6 Patches)
>
>
> == UserScripts ==
> 1.* BookReader Script
> * -
> This script allows us to embed BookReader within wiki for Index pages.
> Currently, it enabled for Punjabi Wikisource. Bangla Wikisource is in
> progress of the deployment. If any Wikisource community wants this
> UserScript as Gadget. then they can follow these steps
> .
>
>- Creation of UserScript (phab:T241490
>)
>- Incorporate Bookreader tool on Punjabi Wikisource (phab:T240758
>)
>
>
> == Other ==
>
>- Scores is not getting Update (phab:T236953
>)
>- Create Portal namespace for sawikisource (phab:T235343
>)
>- Two logo created by User:KCVelaga.
>
>
> For the update, You can keep eye on
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Report/Oct-Dec_2019.
>
> Thanks to Rammanojpotla, KCVelaga, Bodhisattwa, Wikilover90,  Jayantanth,
> and CIS-India to involving with us.
>
> Thanks :) Regard
>
> Jayprakash12345
> Developer, Indic-TechCom
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Train the Trainer Programme 2020

[Tito Dutta]

Thanks for pointing that out, It is generally the last date of the last
month before announcing. We are correcting it to 31 December 2019. Upcoming
notificationson village pumps etc.will have this information.

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On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 at 17:26,  wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> Under selection criteria, I noticed this-
>
> An editor with at least 800 edits on zero-namespace before 31 October 2019.
>
>
>
> Why Oct 31, 2019? Since the notice has come out today, it can be till
> today or end of last month. I have a reason to say this. Many people got
> laptops and/or Internet connections as part of Project Tiger in Nov 2019. I
> am sure at least some have increased their edit count heavily due to this.
> Hence the cut-off date should be changed.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Pavanaja
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Wikimediaindia-l  *On
> Behalf Of *subodh kulkarni
> *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2020 1:59 PM
> *To:* Wikimedia India Community list  >
> *Subject:* [Wikimediaindia-l] Train the Trainer Programme 2020
>
>
>
> Hello Wikimedians,
>
>
>
> CIS-A2K is glad to announce Train the Trainer programme 2020 (TTT 2020)
> from 28 February - 1 March 2020. This is the 7th iteration of this
> programme. We are grateful to all the community members, resource persons
> for their consistent enthusiasm to participate and support. We expect this
> to continue as before.
>
>
>
> Please see the event page for more details here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program/2020
>
>
>
> The important dates are as follows -
>
> * Main event : 28, 29 Feb & 1 Mar (Participants are expected to reach
> before 5 pm on 27 February i.e. Day 0)
>
> * Last date of registration - 5 February 2020
>
>
>
> Please share this information widely among the Wikimedians.
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
>
> Subodh Kulkarni
>
> Programme Officer
>
> Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
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[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikidata Seventh Birthday data-thon (India) starts 31 October 2019

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
A Wikidata data-thon (india) will be conducted between 31 October 2019 and
3 November 2019 to celebrate the Seventh Birthday of the project.
Please have a look at the event page and please consider joining if you are
interested:
Event page:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_Seventh_Birthday
Add your name as a participant (and contribute):
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_India/Events/Wikidata_Seventh_Birthday#Participants

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

[Tito Dutta]

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.


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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 community
>> members who by nature are not so social. And we can not exclude them. Also,
>> in some cases, this will give more power to power networks and structures
>> which can result more exclusion. At large this is structurally creating a
>> way for exclusion.
>>
>> Apart from my stand, I would like to acknowledge that I feel this process
>> is considered to set up to increase accountability in participants and
>> improve community involvement and agency. But, I believe we can find other
>> ways to solve issues with accountability. I can, with all due respect to
>> the people who thought out the process and people who suggested this,
>> strongly say this is not acceptable way to deal with accountability
>> question or for that matter even the question of improving community
>> collaboration.
>>
>> Best,
>> Pavan.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:23 PM Jayanta Nath 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>>
>>> It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Wikisource Advance
>>> Training 2019 program organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 11
>>> October & 13 October 2019.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Advance Wikisource Training is a residential training program is planned
>>> for Indic Wikisource community (including English) members. Last year we
>>> focused on Wikipedia and conducted the Wiki Advanced Training at Ranch,
>>> India.  Also, Earlier Indic Wikisource Community Consultation has been
>>> conducted in 2018 at Kolkata.
>>>
>>> This year CIS-A2K is interested to collaborate with the community in
>>> hosting the event. Interested community members, please check the following
>>> link for proposal for hosting at their city:
>>&g

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

[Tito Dutta]

Hello Balaji,
Thanks for your questions, let me try to answer to these.
A. >>The title for the meeting in fixed as "Wiki Advanced Training".
Already minimum one training was conducted by CIS for many of the Indic
wikisource community. How the "Wiki Advanced Training" training is going to
be different from the earlier trainings.
-- Yes, the event name is Wiki Advanced Training, where on a project is
focused every year. This year the project we are focusing on is Wikisource,
next year we have not planned or decided yet.
So far Wikisource training (zonal) has been conducted/supported by CIS-A2K
in the last one year for (in alphabetical order) Assamese, Gujarati,
Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit community (in Bangalore), and Tamil community.
Those have been mostly first-level or basic training. But, as "Advanced
Wiki Training": name suggests, the training should be for experienced
Wiki-librarians with advanced topics (*what advanced topics, answering in
the next points)*
B. *>>Because in many of the advance trainings people without basics also
attend and pull down the average level of the trainings. (or they won't
benefit from such trainings).*
There should be basic eligibility criteria (see D). About participants, as
mentioned earlier, yes, it is expected that the participants have both
basic Wikisource knowledge and contribution experience. One thing comes
here, does this ensure participation from all communities? I hope you
understand this point. However, it is true that Advanced Training ideally
should not have very basic topics.
Also note, we have community-selection process where a community will
discuss on village pump and select Wiki-librarians to represent their
communities.

C. >>If there is an agenda for this training and format of the training, it
would be good to know before bidding.
Agenda is decided after the needs-assessment of the participants. If you
have topics to suggest, please let us know. About format, let me answer in
the last part, as it is similar to "hands-on proofreading".

D. >> What would be the criteria for selection of people to attend this
training?
Excellent question. Please feel to suggest what selection criteria should
be (number of edits, number of proofread/validated pages, recent activity).
I'll check and get back to this with more details.

E. >> Also to few members I spoke in Tamil wikisource community felt that
instead of training a two day editathon can be conducted with experts
helping people who face problems while proofreading.
That's a format-related question. I, personally, find this idea an
interesting one. Whether it 'll be 50%, 75% or 100%  of hands-on training,
it is to be decided by all the participating community members.

Abhinav,
Thanks for your comments.
>>Similar to the suggestions I had raised during TTT 2019, having a
community jury to decide on the bids would be beneficial. Also, the idea
floated by Balaji on proposal for trainers is welcoming, this makes the
community inclusive (a community-run initiative).
-- Earlier we tried this. For Adv. Wikisource we are waiting for
communities to show interest still. Hope to see at least a couple of
interests there as of now.




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On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 13:03, balaji  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The title for the meeting in fixed as "Wiki Advanced Training". Already
> minimum one training was conducted by CIS for many of the Indic wikisource
> community. How the "Wiki Advanced Training" training is going to be
> different from the earlier trainings. If there is an agenda for this
> training and format of the training, it would be good to know before
> bidding. Also any proposal for the trainers? What would be the criteria for
> selection of people to attend this training? Because in many of the advance
> trainings people without basics also attend and pull down the average level
> of the trainings. (or they won't benefit from such trainings). Also to few
> members I spoke in Tamil wikisource community felt that instead of training
> a two day editathon can be conducted with experts helping people who face
> problems while proofreading.
>
> Regards
> J. Balaji
> (User:Balajijagadesh)
>
> Note: Same was posted in meta talk page :
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:CIS-A2K/Events/Wiki_Advanced_Training/2019/Bids#Agenda_for_the_meeting
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 1:53 AM Jayanta Nath  wrote:
>
>> Dear Wikimedians,
>>
>> It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Wikisource Advance Training
>> 2019 program organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 11 October & 13
>> October 2019.
>>
>>
>>
>> Advance Wikisource Training is a residential training program is planned
>> fo

[Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Strategy Draft Recommendation Discussion Salon 14-15 September 2019 at Bangalore or Delhi

[Tito Dutta]

Hello,
Greetings from CIS-A2K. You know Strategy Working Groups have published
draft recommendations at the beginning of August.
On 14-15 September we are organising a strategy salon/conference at
Bangalore/Delhi (exact venue to be decided)
It'll be a 2 days' residential conference and the event aims to provide a
discussion platform for experienced Wikimedians in India to learn, discuss
and comment about the draft recommendations. The feedback, and the
discussions will be documented.

If you are a Wikipedian from India, and want to discuss the draft
recommendations, or learn more about them, you may apply to participate at
the event.

Please have a look at the event page for more details:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Wikimedia_movement_strategy_recommendations_India_salon
The last date of application is 5 September.

It would be great if you share this information who needs this. For
questions, please write on the event talk page, or email me at
tito+indiasa...@cis-india.org

References
[1] Strategy draft recommendations:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations

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