http://mic.tatarstan.ru/rus/index.htm/news/1273420.htm
The article is about the Republic of Tatarstan government portal http://www.tatarstan.ru/ and its subdomains now being available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, just like a number of others throughout the country https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Список_сайтов_со_свободным_использованием_материалов It's probably the first time regional government website in the Russian Federation quoted Russian Wikinews article https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Главные_сайты_Татарстана_перешли_на_свободную_лицензию ― the part about local seminar initiative to be dedicated to Education, GLAM etc. was left out, but their press-service made the day of Russian Wikinews community by also being attentive to proper attribution. regards, farhad -- Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan 29.08.2018, 20:56, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" <f...@yandex.com>: > 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" <wiki.p...@gmail.com>: >> 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 < >> f...@yandex.com> 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
