Dear colleagues, Over the course of last 3 months we have: * Completed prequalifying & judging Tatar 4.0 contest in partnership with World Tatar Youth Forum (Youth wing of World Congress of Tatars ethnic NGO) with over 100 participants & 60 school teams writing their first articles in ttWP.[1] * Publicly launched cooperation with Tatar internet development Fund (NGO) during 7th Tatar Literary Marathon closing ceremony.[2] * Presented lead regional library with Qur'ans in Spanish, French & Romanian on behalf of WUG TAT, Wikimedia RUSSIA & Wikimedia movement (on last Friday of Ramadan).[3] * Had over 200 people sign-up for Spring 2019 Selet WikiSchool.[4] * First CEE Spring in ttWP with over 5 active participants.[5] * Our long time partner Selet Youth Foundation signed a cooperation agreement with Wikimedia Russia & inviting Russia's and foreign Wikimedians to run a Wiki-session during 2019 IT BILER FORUM of theirs.[6] Katherine Maher and Jimmy Wales were replaced by Nichole Saad & Amir Aharoni.[7] * We agreed with Kazan State Institute for Culture to start Wiki-education cooperation around promoting regional cultural heritage on WData, Commons, Wpedias, etc.[8] * Kazan Federal University's Institute of International Relations initiated an MOU with Wikimedia Russia to do similar things around activities of Regional Economic Geography & Eurasian Studies (as part of mandatory practical internships program for students), also expressing potential interest to host a public multilingual WikiClub on their premises downtown Kazan.[9] * Restarted work with Regional Tourism Authority to move their www.visit-tatarstan.com to CC-BY * Recent meeting in Tatarstan Presidential Administration resulted in Regional Department of Education making a request to be provided with a standardized step-by-step guide for elementary and secondary school teachers to use Wiki in all subjects taught in various languages (mainly Tatar, Russian and English, some other foreign languages as well).[10] I was requested to provide first feedback in about a week, so meanwhile decided to inquire about possibility of reactivating Russian Vikidia & opening one in Tatar.[11] (CC-BY-SA Wiki for 8-13 year olds) * Various other leads with Education and Publishing partners.
Next update will be around Wikimania, so I might change the topic as we will pass the baton to the 2019 Wikimedian of the Year then :) regards, farhad [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:TATAR_4.0_contest [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:7th_Tatar_Literary_Marathon [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2019_Library_in_the_Park_in_Kazan [4] Spring 2019 Selet WikiSchool Wiki-page - https://w.wiki/3ZS (in Tatar, links to 4 Wiki-trips, 5 Master-classes & 3 practical editing sessions over YouTube, some registrations) [5] CEE Spring 2019 in ttWP - https://w.wiki/6AN (in Tatar) [6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki-program_of_IT_BILER_FORUM [7] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005119.html (in English) [8] Roadmap for raising awareness on regional Cultural Heritage - https://w.wiki/6AC (in Russian) - to be followed in partnership with Kazan State Instute of Culture [9] On cooperation with Kazan Federal University Institute of International Relations Chair of Regional Economy and Eurasian Studies (in Russian) https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005118.html [10] July & preceding progress report on Wiki-Tatarstan (in Russian) https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005124.html [11] Inquiring on reactivating Russian & starting Tatar Vikidia https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-July/005129.html (in English) -- Farhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan / Wikidata:Q34036417 22.04.2019, 19:22, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farhad Fatkullin" <[email protected]>: > Regional department of education (elementary & secondary education) & Kazan > Federal University today received instructions signed by the President of > Tatarstan on integrating Wikimedia Education Program opportunities into the > curricula of educational establishments of the Republic. I was asked for some > guidance on the topic before tonight, so prepared what I could in Russian > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2019-April/005086.html > We are in the country with a centralized education system culture, so project > owner will be the ministry, with Wikimedians serving as stakeholders, > consultants & guides. > > On March 1st we fielded 2 speakers for EDU RUSSIA 2019 conference > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/February_2019/Contents/Russia_report#Wikimedia_movement,_Wikimedia_RU_&_WUG_TAT_activities_presented_at_%C2%ABEDU_RUSSIA_2019%C2%BB_Forum > > On April 11-12 our Bashkir colleagues (WUG BAK) were invited to speak @ their > regional teachers' conference (photoes & report in Russian - > https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/?curid=221169 ) & their regional deputy minister > recalled our speakers in Kazan > > Right now our judges are checking some 200 pre-qualified ttWP articles > created by 67 previously untrained school teams in the framework of Tatar 4.0 > contest. Prizes provided by local partner, introduction to the contest video, > Messenger support, participant & article tagging, prequalification & > assessing on volunteering time. 10 best teams to be publicly awarded at > Ğabdulla Tuqay memorial event downtown Kazan on April 26. > Contest in Tatar - https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Проект:Татар_4.0 > Lessons learnt in Russian - > https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Умный_регион/Многоязычие/Татарский/Татар_4.0 > > This all follows our February presentation > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/February_2019/Contents/Russia_report#Tatarstan_pilot_of_%C2%ABSmart_Region%C2%BB_initiative_presented_to_the_Russian_Federation_Deputy_Prime-Minister > > regards, > farhad > > -- > Farhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / > skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan / Wikidata:Q34036417 > > 08.02.2019, 22:23, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" <[email protected]>: >> Some news: >> >> I managed to get vocal approval of the proposal to transfer >> Wiki-competencies to Tatarstan public by Federal Deputy Prime-Minister Maxim >> Akimov and had Regional President Rustam Minnikhanov express his invitation >> to the subject-minister (Vice Prime-Minister of Tatarstan - InfoComm >> minister Roman Shaykhutdinov) to prepare necessary proposals for organizing >> the process in a successful scalable way. I will have to do more thinking >> and writing now so as to try have this implemented first in my Republic, >> then across Russia. >> >> I was given less than a minute during pre-Conference tour of the project >> stands prepared by corporations and state enterprises (without slides or any >> visual support), so I had to skim to the very facts and the value >> proposition that would get their attention. >> >> On a more tangible side, https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Selet_WikiSchool >> that I started back in 2016, will get support from the regional budget & >> thus expand. Currently this is on the shoulders of a team consisting of >> high-school senior, a University freshman and a sophomore/junior from one >> rural school. >> >> regards, >> farhad >> >> -- >> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / >> skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan >> >> 17.01.2019, 18:35, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" <[email protected]>: >>> Dear colleagues, >>> >>> You can track my preparation in English @ >>> https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Умный_регион/05.02.2019/en (date move to >>> accommodate VIP participants' schedules). >>> >>> I had to skim my original 18 minute text to under 7. >>> >>> I intend to touch on most of what had to go via the Slides which will >>> accompany my talk. >>> >>> Tatar components will be prepared last, as Russian and English are best >>> tools for getting feedback from across the Wiki-world. >>> >>> regards, >>> farhad >>> >>> -- >>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / >>> skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan >>> >>> 14.01.2019, 19:10, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" >>> <[email protected]>: >>>> Dear colleagues, >>>> >>>> This is a heads-up on the fact that on Jan.29 I will be speaking in >>>> Tatar (with simultaneous interpretation of my words into Russian) at the >>>> Republic of Tatarstan Ministry for ICT closing conference for 2018 in >>>> front of the President of the Republic, Russia's Federal minister for ICT, >>>> members of Tatarstan government, industry & the press, possibly some >>>> participants from nearby regional ministries. >>>> >>>> I will have some 7-10 min to present on >>>> https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Smart_region , rough English translation for >>>> the base page completed today. >>>> >>>> It will be a basic intro level talk accompanied by slides about some >>>> things that can be appropriately mentioned without overburdening the >>>> public hearing about Wiki-community activities for the first time in their >>>> lives. I will email you draft text around the end of the week (once I am >>>> comfortable with it), with some ideas on the slides I will play along my >>>> speech and a list of recommended follow-on measures. >>>> >>>> Expected outcome: Presidential instruction to the Tatarstan government >>>> to for a cross-departmental working group to study what ICT ministry led >>>> Wikimedia working group (since August 2018) has came up with & look into >>>> possible way of integrating this into Tatarstan social life (I was offered >>>> to formulate it myself today). >>>> >>>> Other related Wikimedia Russia news: >>>> >>>> * On or around Feb.8, we are to have first follow-on introduction of >>>> Wikipedia Education Program to wider professors & students' body of Kazan >>>> Federal University Institute for International Relations, with director of >>>> which we had a productive meeting on Dec.21, following the events >>>> described in >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/December_2018/Contents/Russia_report >>>> >>>> * On Feb.28-March 1 we are invited to field speakers for >>>> http://eduforumkazan.ru/ (attended by Russia's Federal Minister for >>>> Education and her team) >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> farhad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 >>>> / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan >>>> >>>> 05.11.2018, 17:22, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" >>>> <[email protected]>: >>>>> Dear colleagues, >>>>> >>>>> Below is my October activities report & description of upcoming events >>>>> >>>>> 1) On Oct.13-14 at >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2018 we presented >>>>> some of the things we are doing in Russia (FYI: without any WMF grants). >>>>> See details at >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/October_2018/Contents/Russia_report >>>>> >>>>> 2) On Oct.20 I had a two hour long meeting with the Deputy head of >>>>> Tatarstan Presidential Adiministration responsible for internal policy >>>>> http://president.tatarstan.ru/eng/apparat/structure?person_id=19792&department_id=49064 >>>>> who officially invited me to engage Wikimedia Russia and other Wikimedia >>>>> movement volunteers to develop "Smart wiki-region" roadmap for regional >>>>> authorities throughout the Russian Federation to start learning about the >>>>> Wikimedia movement and understanding how partnering therewith could be of >>>>> mutual interests. This was a follow up of the Oct.1 meeting with Mintimer >>>>> Shaimiev >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-October/091151.html, >>>>> but mainly around my last year's musings I finally finished translating >>>>> into English today @ >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frhdkazan/Wiki4RegionalDevt >>>>> >>>>> 3) On Oct.23 We have started growing the project on WMRU-wiki at >>>>> https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Умный_регион (currently in Russian only), >>>>> using also eponymous thread at [wikimedia-ru] mailing list (last message >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-ru/2018-November/004914.html >>>>> ). >>>>> >>>>> 4) In mid-November we are expecting to have a presentation of the >>>>> project and our domestic experience >>>>> https://ru.wikimedia.org/wiki/Selet_WikiSchool at the large meeting >>>>> called on by the ex-President of Tatarstan, State Councillor to the >>>>> Republic, UNESCO Special envoy for Intercultural Dialogue Mintimer >>>>> Shaimiev http://shaimiev.tatarstan.ru/eng - with invitation of >>>>> * First Deputy Head of the Tatarstan Presidential Administration >>>>> (http://president.tatarstan.ru/eng/apparat/structure?person_id=32&department_id=84096), >>>>> * a large body of regional ministers >>>>> ** Tatar community affairs http://prav.tatarstan.ru/eng/pravit/3.htm >>>>> ** Education and science >>>>> http://mon.tatarstan.ru/eng/rukov/minister.htm >>>>> ** ICT http://mic.tatarstan.ru/eng/minister.htm >>>>> ** Culture http://mincult.tatarstan.ru/eng/rukov/minister.htm >>>>> ** Youth affairs >>>>> http://prav.tatarstan.ru/rus/pravit/ministr-min-molodezhi >>>>> * head of regional media holding >>>>> http://tatmedia.tatarstan.ru/eng/director.htm >>>>> * head of the Institute of Tatar encyclopedia >>>>> http://antat.ru/ru/ite/staff/5679/ >>>>> * head of the House of Friendship of Nations of Tatarstan >>>>> http://addnt.ru/house/management/director/ >>>>> >>>>> 5) Tomorrow morning I will be meeting with the Vice-Primier - >>>>> Minister for the ICT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Shaykhutdinov >>>>> for preliminary discussions, then my high-school senior Timerkhan >>>>> https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кулланучы:Тимерхан will assist him the next >>>>> day at the preparatory meeting with >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev. >>>>> >>>>> 6) I didn't yet have time to think in detail about the potential >>>>> schedule or invited participants of the first public Wiki-seminar in >>>>> Tatarstan, meant to expose locals to the Wikimedia movement and its best >>>>> practices even if only via the video-conference (which I mentioned in the >>>>> previous update), because I am doing this in between of my rather >>>>> demanding work and some limited family life. The topic will most likely >>>>> surface among other things tomorrow. >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> farhad >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ >>>>> Тел.+79274158066 / skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan >>>>> >>>>> 04.10.2018, 08:32, "Pine W" <[email protected]>: >>>>>> Hi Farhad, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm very impressed with your successes so far. >>>>>> >>>>>> My main concern is how much of this you seem to be doing by >>>>>> yourself. I >>>>>> hope that you have a group of people who are collaborating with you >>>>>> so that >>>>>> you don't feel responsible for doing everything personally, and >>>>>> that you >>>>>> aren't putting yourself into personal financial difficulty due to >>>>>> the >>>>>> amount of time that you're spending on Wikimedia activities. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regarding which people would be good to invite to a conference, I >>>>>> think >>>>>> that GLAM and educational organizations would be natural partners >>>>>> so I >>>>>> suggest starting with them. >>>>>> >>>>>> WMF might be willing to provide you with some advice and/or funding >>>>>> for >>>>>> GLAM or education related work if you request it, although the wait >>>>>> times >>>>>> for WMF "Rapid Grants" funding seem to have become lengthy, so I >>>>>> suggest >>>>>> that if you want funding from that program that you should request >>>>>> it at >>>>>> least two full months in advance and not rely on receiving it in >>>>>> time for >>>>>> any particular deadline. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm glad to hear that you're participating in Wikimedia CEE and I >>>>>> hope that >>>>>> the affiliates in that group can provide you with good advice. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>> >>>>>> Pine >>>>>> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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>
