Dear colleagues, On Monday, our high school Senior User:Тимерхан & myself met with the First President of Tatarstan, State Councillor of the Republic of Tatarstan, UNESCO Special Envoy on Intercultural Dialogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev where I received an unexpected offer to think about launching a Wiki-program on a publicly funded Tatar language satellite TV channel, and a request to prepare for a meeting with a group of regional ministers (tentatively end of October) and whomever I would like to invite if I can figure out how they can be of help in speeding up penetration of Wikimedia projects & respective skills into the mindustry of peopl having something with respective fields.
This was the outcome of a two hour long conversation with the 81 y.o. elder statesman was around Tatar Wikipedia, growing Wikimedia movement in the region, using it as a channel to promote knowledge about cultural heritage, lifelong open learning and other issues related to my upcoming presentation at CEE Meeting 2018 in Lviv https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2018/Programme/Submission/Wikipedias_in_the_languages_of_Russia:_Growing_multilingualism_online and lightning talks there. The invitation came on the Friday afternoon, so I was a little tense over the weekend but we managed OK Today Russian Wikinews published our report on 1st of October meeting with Mintimer Shaimiev https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Минтимер_Шаймиев_встретился_с_татароязычными_викимедистами See all pictures from the meeting among my uploads via https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Frhdkazan The working title of "Preparing the population of Tatarstan and the Tatar speaking world for living in the Industry 4.0 Global Economy: What Wikimedia projects have to offer". I have not yet have the time to identify which ministries, departments and other organizations (Tatmedia, National Museum, National Library, Regional TV & Radio company, etc.) are worth to be invited, so here I would very much welcome your recommendation — it's a balancing act as we are limited on the volunteer time to adequately support each of these players, but we certainly don't want to miss those capable of demonstrating interesting results relatively quickly. Tatarstan Deputy Prime-Minister - Minister for ICT Roman Shaykhutdinov has today inquired about possibility of engaging myself to deliver lectures on Advanced Uses of Wiki (I guess it's best to engage volunteers with extensive experience of presenting at various Wiki-conferences, Russian-speaking ones first of all). As for the open to the public introductory level wiki-seminar about Wiki and related practical Use Cases from various countries about using it in Education, GLAM, Wikidata applications, etc. - with speakers connecting over the video-conference & simultaneous interpretation support - it's offered to be organized locally in an IT-Park in a downtown Kazan during the last week of November (I guess WMF staff would be best able to help me with identifying most appropriate Use Cases and international volunteers that were responsible for their implementation, plus we'd have to figure out the schedule for their connection & possible overall routing - we might have plenty of folks around the world to benefit from this video-conference, as well as professional Russian-speaking simultaneous interpretation of the presentations). Plus Roman invited local Tatar Wikimedians to include two Russian-speaking schools into the pilot run. I would go about translating the above Wikinews into Tatar & English (as well as the report on 2018 Wikimedia Conference Russia https://ru.wikinews.org/?curid=185095 sometime next week — as I have to finish my presentation plan and slides for 2018 CEE Meeting shortly. Regards, farhad -- Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan 04.09.2018, 07:16, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" <[email protected]>: > http://mic.tatarstan.ru/rus/index.htm/news/1273420.htm > > 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 > ― only the part about Republic of Tatarstan government portal > http://www.tatarstan.ru/ and its subdomains now being available under > Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International is mentioned, 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" <[email protected]>: >>> 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> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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>
