Farkhad, It's fantastic to see what you're doing with this. Thank you.
//Johan Jönsson -- On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > Since yesterday all subdomains hosted @ http://tatarstan.ru/ (including > websites of the http://president.tatarstan.ru/, the Cabinet > http://prav.tatarstan.ru/, ministries/departments, state-owned > organizations, municipalities and Representative offices of the Republic > around Russia and abroad) moved to Creative Commons Attribution. The only > exceptions are those of the First (ex-) President & the Parliament, that > already had their own unique type free licenses (in Russian, non-standard). > > Russian Wikinews requested me to draft an article & my counterparty at the > Regional Ministry of InfoComm has gladly approved. I will probably need to > find time for that today. That was the easy part. Some context: Russian > President, Executive Branch of the Federal Government, both Chambers of the > Federal Parliament, etc. are using Creative Commons Attribution for a while > now, thanks to Senior Volunteers efforts of Wikimedia Russia members. I > just communicated the benefits of this to the Regional (Republic of > Tatarstan) Deputy Prime-Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > Roman_Shaykhutdinov, head of the regional infocomm department & he > championed it far and wide within his area of responsibility. > > I started engaging high-school & university students into helping the > Infocomm ministry people to learn what is Wikimedia like & how it works - > Deputy Prime-Minister is interested in anything that can benefit Education, > Heritage Outreach, etc. development in the region & help in making culture > of the Republic better known globally & promote Tatar language use online > (Wikidata, GLAM, etc.). Another minister I met is excited with examples of > Greek school children https://outreach.wikimedia. > org/wiki/Education/News/July_2017/A_class_of_26_8-year-old_ > Wikipedia_article_creators & youth in Italy http://www.rivistabricks.it/ > wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BRICKS_4_2017.pdf & other places develop > critical thinking and develop immunity to mass & social media stories > painting the world black & white as they please (stories from any outlets, > including the BBC or New York Times, have to be taken with a pinch of salt > - there's no unbiased human). In parallel, we are starting a cooperation > with private Cambridge International school in Kazan > http://school.balacity.ru/ (the founders & the director know me, invited > me for cooperation, key contact person was part of the meeting, I provided > necessary initial links). I know that our youth is now inspired to organize > a User Group, report on their Spring & Summer efforts at Wikimedia > Conference Russia this September & take their existing Selet WikiSchool > project even higher. https://outreach.wikimedia. > org/wiki/Education/News/May_2018/Selet_WikiSchool , more stories coming. > > Last night WMF Partnerships agreed to support me in organizing a > videoconference type seminar with best practices in Education/GLAM/Heritage > promotion/Wikidata/etc. to explain locals about how great is the Wikimedia > movement (something mainly unheard of in Russia, even though Wikipedia is > actually used). I would love to have you, my dear international colleagues, > to find time to connect and give a video talk on some Use Case > implementation during the upcoming public seminar, organized in conjunction > with Tatarstan InfoComm ministry (whenever we get the dates they will be > able to gather local crowd in the IT-Park in downtown Kazan). I will take > care of the simultaneous interpretation — all the necessary equipment is > there, so I'll try to find the funding & qualified people. > > In parallel I'll continue working on organizing a short in-person version > at WMF Headquarters for the President of the Republic, if and when we can > fit it into his schedule (Tatarstan Deputy Prime-Minister - Regional > Minister for InfoComm wanted this to take place during one of the annual > regional government delegation visits to California). President Minnikhanov > is a co-chair of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia, as well > as Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group, so I think we can use > Jimmy's well-timed pass to score well: spreading Wikimedia movement > popularity throughout Russia and the Islamic world even further, helping in > unblocking Turkey in the process. > > "Imagine the world in which every human is a Wikimedian. That's my > commitment!" > > regards, > farhad > > -- > Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan > > 09.08.2018, 09:09, "Pine W" <[email protected]>: > > Hi Farhad, > > > > Thank you for your generosity with your time as you respond to the > requests > > and new opportunities. > > > > I like Andy's suggestions. Wikimedia Armenia crossed my mind also as > > potentially a good organization to contact for ideas, because I have the > > impression that they have a good (but not excessively close) > relationship > > with their national government, and because they have a very successful > > Wikipedia Education Program. > > > > Although there seem to be many opportunities for you in the short term, > my > > guess is that you will be unable to take advantage of all of them, and > that > > some that you try will be more successful than others. That is all okay. > > > > Please avoid burning yourself out. Hopefully you can work at a pace > that is > > reasonable for you and will lead to long-term successes. Also, hopefully > > you can find people who want to help you, and have the time and the > skills > > to do so. You might try to contact people that you have met on-wiki who > > could help you as you consider the opportunities and how you would like > to > > move forward. I have the impression that you already know many > Wikimedians > > who work on Russian Wikipedia, so hopefully you can get some help from > them. > > > > If you could share occasional updates about your progress, maybe by > sending > > an email to Wikimedia-l with once per quarter, I think that at least a > few > > people would be interested to read what you share. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Pine > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 8:55 PM, Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Dear colleagues, > >> > >> This is a request for your input and possible ideas (if any) > regarding my > >> management of the fallout from Jimmy's announcing myself as a 2018 > >> Wikimedian of the Year. > >> > >> Emails below are a copy of my ongoing consultations with Wikimedia > >> Foundation staff and other Wikimedians I personally know, as well as a > >> report on what's already brewing in my region of Russia after this > >> unexpected outcome. > >> > >> I would be grateful, if you can advise me on how to properly steer the > >> enthusiasm of behalf of regional government, mass-media, NGOs, etc. > which > >> have just discovered about the possibility of participation in > Wikimedia > >> movement (think anything from U.S. is not getting much in-depth > coverage in > >> Russian by sources that regional public figures, NGOs, teachers or > general > >> regional journalists read) & are now placing great hopes on teaching > whole > >> of Tatarstan about how to Wiki & also engaging all Tatars globally > (3/4 > >> outside of Tatarstan, 1/5 outside of Russia). > >> > >> regards, > >> farhad > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -------- Конец пересылаемого сообщения -------- > > -- > Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
