Dear everyone,
Since some in-person meetups are now moved to online spaces, including
ones based on videoconferencing, I've been thinking if it would be
possible (or maybe it is already being considered) to host a Jitsi Meet
or other comparable solution on the WMF infrastructure, just like we do
with Etherpad, to off-load the other instances currently under heavy
load and gain some independence?
I'm asking about Jitsi Meet in particular because it's the only tool I
know that:
1) Doesn't require any registration process or any personal information
from attendees, besides their IP address and browser fingerprint;
2) Doesn't require installation of any third-party software except an
up-to-date web browser;
3) Can be hosted by a trusted organization.
I think it might be appropriate for WMF to host an instance, since
currently the other avaliable Jitsi Meet instances might be under an
exceptionally high load. For instance, I see FramaSoft closing their
instance with a message explaining they can't handle the load imposed by
universities:
https://framatalk.org/accueil/
I'm unsure what is the appropriate channel to submit such proposal,
hence I'm asking here for some direction.
P.S. I know Jitsi Meet is not optimal for large number of participants,
but it may be one of the available solutions for small groups.
Best,
--
Yury Bulka
https://mamot.fr/@setthemfree
#NotOnFacebook
Hello!
Millions of students are in forced quarantine these days, so in the Basque Wikipedia we are doing an effort to offer teachers activities they can do with their students online. It's being a hard work, but this crisis is a good opportunity to spread the relationship between Wikimedia&Education.
You can see our main education page here: https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari:Hezkuntza
Are you doing similar efforts in your countries?
Thanks
Galder
Dear Wikimedians,
We are happy to announce that the 2019 Picture of the Year competition is now open.
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Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons (FP) during the year 2019, to produce a single Picture of the Year.
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> 1. Re: Brand Project: Who are we as a movement? (Aron Demian)
> 2. Re: Brand Project: Who are we as a movement? (Gerard Meijssen)
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Aron Demian <aronmanning5(a)gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:24:51 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> My 2 cents: Imho the pressure from English Wikipedia on other projects of
> the movement is very realistic in many kinds of matters, that I've
> experienced myself too. Other projects are not independent socially or
> culturally, the rules, practices, expectations and editorial behaviour is
> strongly related to that on enwp with all its positive *and* negative
> benefits. Often the negative benefits seem to outweigh the positive,
> unfortunately.
>
> Aron
>
> On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 11:17, Peter Southwood <
> peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
> wrote:
>
> > It is grossly unrealistic to blame English Wikipedia and its editing
> > community for what you appear to consider the shortcomings of other
> > Wikipedias.
>
> En: does not require or pressurise other projects to comply with its
> > editorial standards, which are those developed by en:WP, and for en:WP.
> > Other projects are free to set and use their own standards for content,
> > within the general WMF terms of use, and generally do. If they choose to
> > emulate en:WP that is their prerogative.
> > If you think that Cebuan Wikipedia does a better job of informing on the
> > subject matter it covers than other projects, and would like to convince
> > other projects that this is a realistic and rational opinion, and that
> they
> > should follow that example, you are free to produce documentary evidence
> > from experts that this is the case, and present it to the editing
> > communities of those projects for consideration.
> > If Commons are exceeding their remit by refusing to host material that is
> > not used on en:WP, that is not the policy or the fault of the en:WP
> > community who have no authority over Commons.
> > As a general rule, when discussing a topic where there is scope for
> > confusion, there is less likely for confusion to occur when you are
> > sufficiently specific when referring to the ambiguous entities.
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> > Behalf Of Gerard Meijssen
> > Sent: 15 March 2020 08:37
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> >
> > Hoi,
> > By making the point that there is no Wikipedia AND that almost
> universally
> > but particularly people who buy into English Wikipedia consider Wikipedia
> > English Wikipedia, I expected that this is understood. I then address
> > English Wikipedia specifically because it is its conventions that prevent
> > the sum of all our knowledge to be shared.
> >
> > Just to make that point specific, Cebuan Wikipedia does a better job
> > informing on the total of the subject matters it covers, it is a project
> of
> > a father who wants his children to have access to knowledge in their
> > maternal language. From a Wiki point of view he deserves praise and
> > gratitude in stead he gets scorn because it is against English Wikipedia
> > conventions. Furthermore the approach of using data to bring knowledge in
> > other languages is frustrated from within WMF. We could do a better
> job, a
> > job that will work for any language but it is actively discouraged. The
> > result is that we do NOT share in the sum of all knowledge, not even the
> > knowledge that is available to us. In other words, English Wikipedia
> > conventions prevent us from working towards our stated goal.
> > Thanks,
> > GerardM
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 06:19, Peter Southwood <
> > peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Gerard, You start off by correctly specifying that Wikipedia is about
> 300
> > > projects and make several good points about how people confuse
> Wikipedia
> > > with English Wikipedia, how this bias adversely affects various other
> > > projects, and then claim that "Wikipedia" is "universally understood to
> > be
> > > highly toxic". Are you referring to all 300 odd projects, or are you
> > using
> > > the generic term for the specific project in the way you previously
> > > objected to? Something else that is not obvious?
> > > Cheers,
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Gerard Meijssen
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 2:12 PM
> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> > >
> > > Hoi,
> > > Essie, the work done by Snøhetta centres on the notion of Wikipedia as
> a
> > > unifying brand. The problem is that Wikipedia on its own is 300
> projects
> > > and that for many, if not most people English Wikipedia *is *Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > When we are all to be Wikipedia we will all suffer from the bias that
> > > English Wikipedia brings us. The problem with bias is that the negative
> > > effects are not felt, considered by those people who self identify with
> > > English Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > * Research centres on English Wikipedia, when research is done for
> > projects
> > > other than English Wikipedia, it is hard to get research published
> > > * New functionality is almost always written for the English Wikipedia,
> > the
> > > notion of the "other languages" is often not considered in the
> > architecture
> > > * It is assumed that functionality works for projects other than
> > Wikipedia,
> > > specific functionality is hardly ever developed
> > > * In OTRS, the notions of notability are hard coded for English
> > notability.
> > > Consequently many pictures have been removed that were explicitly
> > requested
> > > for use with Wikidata
> > > * there has been no marketing for other Wikimedia products - products.
> > Many
> > > Wikisource books are available in final form. We do not serve a purpose
> > > because we do not seek an audience for them
> > > * even though internationalisation and localisation for MediaWiki is
> > really
> > > good, we do not consider how we can make use of data in other
> languages.
> > >
> > > It is universally understood that Wikipedia is highly toxic and it may
> be
> > > that for external marketing Wikipedia makes sense. Internally I will
> > > welcome a unified message only once English Wikipedia accepts that its
> > > consensus is not considered as "Wikipedia" consensus.. Our aim is to
> > share
> > > in the sum of all knowledge and it is not only in English and it is not
> > > what English Wikipedia deems notable.
> > > Thanks,
> > > GerardM
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:46:33 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> Hoi,
> Back your pardon. I do not blame the English Wikipedia for the
> shortcomings of other Wikipedias. It does a reasonable job at informing an
> English reading public. The point that I make is that we do not consider
> how the bias towards English Wikipedia prevents us from reaching out and
> sharing in the sum of all knowledge.
>
> There is documentation that Cebuan Wikipedia articles are well presented
> and provide a more complete coverage of the knowledge domains it covers.
> Also please remember that all US places were added to English Wikipedia by
> bot.
>
> When I document bias, it is for you to understand that this bias exists. I
> stopped writing in English Wikipedia because the American perspective was
> more relevant that an international perspective.
>
> At stake in this thread is making Wikipedia a central brand. I indicated
> earlier that those living the English Wikipedia reality are not aware of
> the negative effects of its bias. In effect you tell me to do something
> about it. Well, I have been blogging about Wikimedia for the last 15 years
> [1] and I learned that documentation may be relevant but it is unlikely to
> make people see what is in front of them.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> [1] https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/
>
> On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 11:16, Peter Southwood <
> peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
> wrote:
>
> > It is grossly unrealistic to blame English Wikipedia and its editing
> > community for what you appear to consider the shortcomings of other
> > Wikipedias. En: does not require or pressurise other projects to comply
> > with its editorial standards, which are those developed by en:WP, and for
> > en:WP. Other projects are free to set and use their own standards for
> > content, within the general WMF terms of use, and generally do. If they
> > choose to emulate en:WP that is their prerogative.
> > If you think that Cebuan Wikipedia does a better job of informing on the
> > subject matter it covers than other projects, and would like to convince
> > other projects that this is a realistic and rational opinion, and that
> they
> > should follow that example, you are free to produce documentary evidence
> > from experts that this is the case, and present it to the editing
> > communities of those projects for consideration.
> > If Commons are exceeding their remit by refusing to host material that is
> > not used on en:WP, that is not the policy or the fault of the en:WP
> > community who have no authority over Commons.
> > As a general rule, when discussing a topic where there is scope for
> > confusion, there is less likely for confusion to occur when you are
> > sufficiently specific when referring to the ambiguous entities.
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> > Behalf Of Gerard Meijssen
> > Sent: 15 March 2020 08:37
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> >
> > Hoi,
> > By making the point that there is no Wikipedia AND that almost
> universally
> > but particularly people who buy into English Wikipedia consider Wikipedia
> > English Wikipedia, I expected that this is understood. I then address
> > English Wikipedia specifically because it is its conventions that prevent
> > the sum of all our knowledge to be shared.
> >
> > Just to make that point specific, Cebuan Wikipedia does a better job
> > informing on the total of the subject matters it covers, it is a project
> of
> > a father who wants his children to have access to knowledge in their
> > maternal language. From a Wiki point of view he deserves praise and
> > gratitude in stead he gets scorn because it is against English Wikipedia
> > conventions. Furthermore the approach of using data to bring knowledge in
> > other languages is frustrated from within WMF. We could do a better
> job, a
> > job that will work for any language but it is actively discouraged. The
> > result is that we do NOT share in the sum of all knowledge, not even the
> > knowledge that is available to us. In other words, English Wikipedia
> > conventions prevent us from working towards our stated goal.
> > Thanks,
> > GerardM
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 06:19, Peter Southwood <
> > peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Gerard, You start off by correctly specifying that Wikipedia is about
> 300
> > > projects and make several good points about how people confuse
> Wikipedia
> > > with English Wikipedia, how this bias adversely affects various other
> > > projects, and then claim that "Wikipedia" is "universally understood to
> > be
> > > highly toxic". Are you referring to all 300 odd projects, or are you
> > using
> > > the generic term for the specific project in the way you previously
> > > objected to? Something else that is not obvious?
> > > Cheers,
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Gerard Meijssen
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 2:12 PM
> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brand Project: Who are we as a movement?
> > >
> > > Hoi,
> > > Essie, the work done by Snøhetta centres on the notion of Wikipedia as
> a
> > > unifying brand. The problem is that Wikipedia on its own is 300
> projects
> > > and that for many, if not most people English Wikipedia *is *Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > When we are all to be Wikipedia we will all suffer from the bias that
> > > English Wikipedia brings us. The problem with bias is that the negative
> > > effects are not felt, considered by those people who self identify with
> > > English Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > * Research centres on English Wikipedia, when research is done for
> > projects
> > > other than English Wikipedia, it is hard to get research published
> > > * New functionality is almost always written for the English Wikipedia,
> > the
> > > notion of the "other languages" is often not considered in the
> > architecture
> > > * It is assumed that functionality works for projects other than
> > Wikipedia,
> > > specific functionality is hardly ever developed
> > > * In OTRS, the notions of notability are hard coded for English
> > notability.
> > > Consequently many pictures have been removed that were explicitly
> > requested
> > > for use with Wikidata
> > > * there has been no marketing for other Wikimedia products - products.
> > Many
> > > Wikisource books are available in final form. We do not serve a purpose
> > > because we do not seek an audience for them
> > > * even though internationalisation and localisation for MediaWiki is
> > really
> > > good, we do not consider how we can make use of data in other
> languages.
> > >
> > > It is universally understood that Wikipedia is highly toxic and it may
> be
> > > that for external marketing Wikipedia makes sense. Internally I will
> > > welcome a unified message only once English Wikipedia accepts that its
> > > consensus is not considered as "Wikipedia" consensus.. Our aim is to
> > share
> > > in the sum of all knowledge and it is not only in English and it is not
> > > what English Wikipedia deems notable.
> > > Thanks,
> > > GerardM
> > >
> > > On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 18:33, Essie Zar <ezar(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Everyone,
> > > >
> > > > There are some new updates and opportunities to engage with the Brand
> > > > project. Thank you to Lodewijk for bringing some attention to a few
> of
> > > > these opportunities. We were actively drafting this update for this
> > group
> > > > when your email went out.
> > > >
> > > > As Zack indicated in September,[1] we have been regularly discussing
> > with
> > > > the members of the brand network (which people can still join )[2]
> > ideas
> > > > around an evolved brand system with "Wikipedia" as a center point. To
> > > > assist in this evolution of the movement brand, we chose to partner
> > with
> > > > Snøhetta,[3] an internationally renowned design firm known for
> working
> > on
> > > > complex and multi-stakeholder projects like the modern Library of
> > > > Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) and the 9/11 Memorial in New
> York
> > > > City. Snøhetta has been tasked with figuring out precisely what this
> > > > improved brand system will look like. They will release a proposed
> > naming
> > > > convention for movement-wide feedback in April, and a proposed design
> > for
> > > > movement-wide feedback in May. [4] The result of this process will
> be a
> > > new
> > > > branding system that will be opt-in for affiliates.
> > > >
> > > > In order to have enough knowledge and context to arrive at these
> > > proposals,
> > > > Snøhetta is reviewing feedback from the many points at which it has
> > > already
> > > > been given, and has created a process with built-in community
> > > involvement.
> > > > The
> > > > process thus far has included workshops in Norway, India and online
> > with
> > > 97
> > > > volunteers from the brand network (movement affiliates, volunteers,
> > > > foundation staff, and board members) reflecting 41 nations. At the
> > > > workshops, community participants were asked to break into small
> groups
> > > to
> > > > answer the question "Who are we?". Through these workshops, groups
> > > > developed rich concepts* that they think best represent who we are
> as a
> > > > movement.
> > > >
> > > > Now, we would like to invite you to review the 23 concepts that came
> > out
> > > of
> > > > the community workshops by “liking” and providing feedback on the
> > one(s)
> > > > you think best represent the Wikimedia movement. You can click on any
> > > > concept to see an expanded explanation and photos of the actual
> > concepts
> > > > built or selected by workshop participants.
> > > >
> > > > Approximate time to complete this exercise is around 10-15 min.
> > > >
> > > > https://brandingwikipedia.org/concepts/
> > > >
> > > > Feel free to leave feedback directly on Snøhetta’s website, on the
> > > project
> > > > talk page on Meta [5], or on the Brand Network [2], which will also
> be
> > > > available on Meta starting next month.
> > > >
> > > > Snøhetta will use the feedback from the concepts to develop one
> single
> > > > concept to act as a tool that will help guide the proposals around
> > naming
> > > > (expected for April) and around design (expected around May). They
> are
> > > > scheduled to begin reviewing feedback on Tuesday, 17 March, but can
> > > > continue taking feedback for a few more days if there is interest.
> > > >
> > > > We also invite you to share what free knowledge means to you in
> > > Snøhetta's
> > > > open exercise. Please take a moment and share your thoughts in any of
> > the
> > > > channels mentioned.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://brandingwikipedia.org/2020/02/17/what-does-free-knowledge-mean-to-y…
> > > >
> > > > Finally, we want to acknowledge that we have feedback, from various
> > > points
> > > > in this process so far, from several communities and in several areas
> > of
> > > > the wikis, including Meta. We understand that some people believe
> that
> > we
> > > > don’t need this project. Our shared vision is for every single human
> > > being
> > > > to freely share in the sum of all knowledge -- and that means
> billions
> > of
> > > > people. There are many people and cultures we still need to reach and
> > > > include. We will need a strong well known brand to achieve the goals
> > the
> > > > movement has set for itself and we have a lot of work to do to get us
> > > > there.
> > > >
> > > > Want to learn more? Check out the project hub at
> brandingwikipedia.org
> > > and
> > > > the project page on Meta [5]. Participate in discussions on the
> project
> > > > talk page, or by joining the Brand Network [2]. Also feel free to
> drop
> > > us a
> > > > note at brandproject(a)wikimedia.org if you have questions.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Essie Zar
> > > >
> > > > (from the movement brand identity project team)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [1]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2019-September/093382.html
> > > >
> > > > [2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork/
> > > >
> > > > [3] https://snohetta.com/
> > > >
> > > > [4]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…
> > > >
> > > > [5]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…
> > > >
> > > > * What is a concept?
> > > > A tool making the complex more understandable.
> > > >
> > > > Concepts make complex subjects more understandable. They manage to
> > > > consolidate vast amounts of facts, data and details into a singular
> > > > definition in its context. By creating concepts we allow ourselves to
> > > > acknowledge the complexity yet dare to step away from differences and
> > > look
> > > > for similarities that binds it all together.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > *Essie Zar* (she/her)
> > > > Brand Manager
> > > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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response of recent outbreak reported in Bangladesh, the Executive Committee
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Hello Everyone!
Happy Women's History Month!
We are happy to share with you activities that happened in February in our
newsletter <https://mailchi.mp/bc0a92c9c598/february-newsletter-1341347> and
some virtual activities to be held in this month.
Please subscribe to keep updated.
Cheers, stay safe and do enjoy!
Joy Agyepong,
Open Foundation West Africa
Hi all,
It gives us immense pleasure to announce to the Wikimedia community
that National
Digital Library of India
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Digital_Library_of_India> (NDLI),
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) have
signed a tripartite non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a
2-years partnership. National Digital Library of India is a Ministry of
Human Resource Development
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development>
project, developed at IIT Kharagpur
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Kharagpur>
which aims to build a virtual repository of learning resources and
literature metadata.
Through this understanding, we will work together on:
- integrating Wikisource and Wikidata contents on NDLI website.
<https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/>
- building up technical infrastructure on NDLI website to crowdsource
metadata curation on Wikidata and proofreading on Wikisource websites.
- importing relevant contents and data from NDLI website to Wikidata and
Wikisource.
- identifying and pursuing collaboration opportunities around other
Wikimedia projects, such as Wikibooks.
After months of discussion among the three parties, the understanding was
finalized during International Symposium on Knowledge Engineering for
Digital Library Design 2019, <http://kedl2019.ndl.gov.in/> an international
conference organized collaboratively by NDLI and UNESCO at IIT Delhi
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Delhi>, where
WMF was a technical partner.
Many apologies for cross-posting the announcement in different relevant
mailing lists.
Regards,
Jayanta and Bodhisattwa
CIS-A2K
Hi Nicolas,
Thanks for your reply and interest in the partnership.
It was discussed during the Delhi meeting that as a first step, NDLI will
come up with a unique authority control for the authors listed in their
website and we will match them with corresponding Wikidata items, thus
starting to link Wikidata content with NDLI website. The process was
expected to initiate from January, but due to some other other commitments
from NDLI as a government agency, it has not been started yet.
As a major part of this partnership will largely depend on the data model
stated in Wikidata WikiProject Books
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books>, we need works
and their editions on different Wikisource projects properly linked with
Wikidata exactly following the data model. For Indian language Wikisources,
I can say, the linkages are still very low. It would be great, if we can
collaboratively engage as many as Wikisource communities as possible to
start linking their contents on Wikidata. We definitely need suggestions
and all kinds of help there organizing this.
We appreciate if highly experienced community members like you share inputs
and insight w.r.t. this collaboration. Please feel free to do so
pro-actively at any time.
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On Sat, 14 Mar 2020, 15:49 Nicolas VIGNERON, <vigneron.nicolas(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> That's a really great news! Thanks for sharing it.
> I browse quickly the content they have and wow, this is really
> multilingual. I even found some bilingual books with Breton (mislabelled as
> French) and I saw a lot of other minority languages!
>
> Do you already know what the next steps will be? Do you need help?
>
> Cheers, ~nicolas
>
> Le sam. 14 mars 2020 à 09:52, Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It gives us immense pleasure to announce to the Wikimedia community that National
>> Digital Library of India
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Digital_Library_of_India>
>> (NDLI), Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and Wikimedia Foundation
>> (WMF) have signed a tripartite non-binding Memorandum of Understanding
>> (MoU) for a 2-years partnership. National Digital Library of India is a Ministry
>> of Human Resource Development
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development>
>> project, developed at IIT Kharagpur
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Kharagpur>
>> which aims to build a virtual repository of learning resources and
>> literature metadata.
>>
>> Through this understanding, we will work together on:
>>
>> - integrating Wikisource and Wikidata contents on NDLI website.
>> <https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/>
>> - building up technical infrastructure on NDLI website to crowdsource
>> metadata curation on Wikidata and proofreading on Wikisource websites.
>> - importing relevant contents and data from NDLI website to Wikidata
>> and Wikisource.
>> - identifying and pursuing collaboration opportunities around other
>> Wikimedia projects, such as Wikibooks.
>>
>> After months of discussion among the three parties, the understanding was
>> finalized during International Symposium on Knowledge Engineering for
>> Digital Library Design 2019, <http://kedl2019.ndl.gov.in/> an
>> international conference organized collaboratively by NDLI and UNESCO at IIT
>> Delhi
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Delhi>,
>> where WMF was a technical partner.
>>
>> Many apologies for cross-posting the announcement in different relevant
>> mailing lists.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jayanta and Bodhisattwa
>> CIS-A2K
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Hi all,
Does anyone know what the status of the APG process and the FDC is? The
documentation on-wiki seems to be out of date:
- The APG info page [1] says new applications are not being accepted,
and there's a bunch of errors in the table.
- The APG page [2] doesn't make reference to the above statement about
new applications not being accepted.
- The FDC page [3] says the terms of all of the members expired in
either 2018 or 2019, and doesn't make any reference to the above either.
Thanks!
Dan
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Information
[2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG
[3]:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee
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