Dear friends,
We are happy to share the newsletter for July. This includes updates from the work we are associated with, and updates about the Rio Olympics edit-a-thon that is being organised by our friends from Wikimedia India.
Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface
Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way. The typeface family was designed by type designer Pooja Saxena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anexasajoop) and went through several rounds of review by language experts. However, the typeface (https://github.com/anexasajoop/olchiki-fontfamily) is still one step away from reality. Because of this, two input methods (https://github.com/GuruGomke/ol-chiki) will be made available along with the typeface; Sarjom Baha (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inp…) , a phonetic input method so that every common user can easily type the they pronounce the words, and InScript (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ol_Chiki_InScript_keyboard_layout.s…) , a keyboard layout standard for Indian scripts. Even though the original plan was to create a editor community to contribute to
the Santali Wikipedia (https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/sat/Main_Page) and bring it live from Incubator, outputs will just be distributed for the users to use them.
Update: The input methods (https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/tree/master/rules/sat) are now up on all the Wikimedia projects as part of the Universal Language Selector (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector) .
. . . Check the blog (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/opensource.com-subhashish-panigrahi-july-8-2…) and the project page for more details of the Ol chiki project.
== Event announcements ==
Event announcements and press releases:
* Tools orientation session for Telugu Wikimedians of Hyderabad (http://cis-india.org/openness/events/tools-orientation-session-for-telugu-w…) (10 July 2016)
A tools orientation session is being organised on July 10 at Hyderabad during the regular monthly meetup. Telugu Wikimedians who would be interested to learn about advanced editing tools like citation templates and Twinkle are welcome to join.
== Ongoing events ==
* India At Rio Olympics 2016 edit-a-thon (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMIN/Events/India_At_Rio_Olympics_2016_Edit…) (July 29 - September 18). Organised by Wikimedia India and participated by Indic language Wikimedia communities.
18 language Wikipedia communities, including English, are expected to take part and 12 of these have coordinators to help their community to participate in the edit-a-thon.
== Programme reports ==
Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports:
* Subray, Ananth. "Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/edit-a-thon-to-improve-kannada-langu…) (14 July 2016)
We have been working with the Department of State Educational Research and Training of Karnataka (DSERT), a Government of Karnataka-run research and training institution headquartered in Bengaluru. With the hope of expanding the reach of Science-related content in Kannada Wikipedia, we organised an edit-a-thon spanning over three days from the 11th January through the 13th.
* Garule, Abhinav. "Training-the-trainer programme and Mediawiki training at Pune (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/training-the-trainer-programme-and-m…) (17 August 2016)
A two-day long train-the-trainer and Mediawiki training programme was organised during May 28-29 in Pune to better capacity of Wikimedians both technically, and outreach and community building. In this report, learn more about the experience of Santoshi Tiwari, a Wikimedian who travelled from the city of Nashik to participate in this event.
* Santhosh S., Pavan. Tools orientation for Telugu Wikimedians at Hyderabad (http://cis-india.org/openness/blog-old/tools-orientation-for-telugu-wikimed…) (31 July 2016)
To help Wikimedians learn about essential tools that are used across Wikimedia projects, a tools orientation session was organised on July 10 during the monthly meetup at Hyderabad. We have attempted to capture the experience and inputs of long time Telugu Wikimedians Rajashekhar and Murali Mohan in this report.
== Articles/blogs ==
Articles, opinion pieces, analysis pieces:
* K.T., Dhanalakshmi. "ತರಬೇತಿ ಮಾಡಲು ತರಬೇತಿಗೊಂಡಾಗ.... CIS-A2K TTT 2016 (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/ca4cb0cacca4cbf-caecbeca1cb2cc1-ca4cb0cacca4…) ". CIS blog (12 June 2016)
Dhanalakshmi, a student from St Agnes College, Mangaluru, who was a participant of TTT 2016 has blogged her experience at Train-the-Trainer 2016 event organized by the Centre for Internet & Society earlier this year.
* Panigrahi, Subhashish. Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface (http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/opensource.com-subhashish-panigrahi-july-8-2…) (8 July 2016)
Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way.
== Media coverage ==
Events and activities that we have organised or participated in:
* Prasad, Anant. "The Digital Oxygen for Odia Language (http://cis-india.org/a2k/news/my-city-links-july-4-2016-digital-oxygen-for-…) (4 July 2016)
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Centre for Internet and Society
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Dear Community
Please find below the Monthly report of WMIN for July 2016.
You can find this report on our Wikimedia India page here -
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/July_2016
*Membership*
*Membership drive completed for the year 2016 - 2017*
Membership drive for the year 2016-17 was successfully completed. Another
drive will happen in the WikiConference India scheduled on 5th-7th August
2016 for the attendees of the conference
*Events*
*India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016*
Wikimedia India is organizing an online edit-a-thon to celebrate the
success of Indian sportsmen at the Olympics
*Announcement for Commencement of India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016*
- Announcement for Commencement of India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon
2016 <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMIN/Events/India_At_Rio_Olympics_2016_Edit…
>
- As a mark of respect and paying tribute to Indian athletes and
sportsperson who represent India at Olympics, Wikimedia India comes forward
with an edit-a-thon to celebrate the success of Indian sportsmen. These are
a list of articles Wikimedia India is planning to create/improve <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMIN/Events/India_At_Rio_Olympics_2016_Edit…
>
- A mix of patriotism & pride amongst the Wikipedians for India & its
team will ensure that the Indian athletes will get Wikipedia articles that
they really deserve.
- Wikimedia India has also reached out to the organizers of Wiki Loves
the Olympics <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_the_Olympics>
to ensure that good images clicked by the participants in the competition
are featured in the articles written in our edit-a-thon.
*Signing of MOUs for India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016*
- For Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016, 2 MoUs were signed with Niyogi
Books & Sankalp Taru for the awards. Please find more about them Here <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMIN/Events/India_At_Rio_Olympics_2016_Edit…
>
*Delhi Meetup-13*
- After being inactive for more than 2 years, WMIN has an aim to
reactivate the Delhi community & start having regular Delhi meetups.
- Such a meetup was planned on 30th July 2016. Find the event page
here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Delhi/Delhi13>
- Inspite of the heavy rains in Delhi, Wikipedians from the city were
able to meet & strategize for the future.
*Proposals by Wikimedia India at WikiConference India 2016*
- Wikimedia India submitted 3 proposals for Presenting in WikiConference
India
- Edit-a-thon : Rio Olympics 2016 <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/Edit-…
>
- Wiki Loves Earth in India 2016 <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/Wiki_…
>
- How Projects can unite & shape communities <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/How_P…
>
- Participation in other discussions & Presentations
- Panel Discussion - Organizational Dynamics in the Wikimedia
movement in India <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/Organ…
>
- Presentation – Creative Program Design: create the programs you
need for your local community <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/Creat…
>
*Planning & arranging of meetings with Institutions & Media for Katherine
Maher in New Delhi*
Wikimedia India is Planning & arranging meetings with Government
bodies,Institutions & various Media outlets when she visits New Delhi after
attending WikiConference India 2016
Jointly planned along with CIS-A2K, Wikimedia India aims that the visit by
Katherine Maher to India,should give a much required boost to the various
organizational partnerships being planned by Wikimedia India.
*Featured Wikimedian of the month*
*Featured Wikimedian for July*
Raju Suthar is one of the most active Wikipedians on the Hindi Wikipedia.
He started editing in January 2015 & with help from senior Hindi
wikipedians, within 2 months he reached an edit count of 3,000.Currently he
has an edit count of 6,500+ with almost 750 articles created to his name.
The real story behind this truly inspiring Wikipedian lies in his humble
background. Rarely having any access to a laptop, almost all of his edits
have been done through a mobile phone ([
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_s5610-4191.php Samsung Galaxy S5610]).
Editing on his phone whenever he gets time,raju while sharing his
experience has confessed that editing through a mobile phone was very
difficult, due to which he regrets that the contributions which he has made
to Wikipedia is not enough and wants to do more for the community & his
language. With Hindi having one of the lowest Editors per million speakers,
Raju says that Hindi Wikipedia is not growing as fast as some of the other
Indic Languages, due to which his primary aim is to see that the community
grows to its full Potential. He likes writing articles on Topics related to
Cricket, his home state of Rajasthan & its history.
*WikiConference India 2016 (WCI 2016)*
- Registrations are open <http://wci2016.doattend.com/ ] for
WikiConference India 2016>
- Punjab Edit-a-thon : WikiConference India 2016-An edit-a-thon is being
conducted with an aim to create or improve articles related to Punjab. This
edit-a-thon is a part of WikiConference India 2016.This will be our gift
for the Chandigarh team which is hosting us for the conference. The
community that adds most number of words or bytes to the articles will be
awarded a trophy during the conference!
- Final list of Scholarship recipients finalized & published. Please
find the list Here <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Scholarships#Reci…
>
- Submission list finalized & applicants have been informed. Please find
the Program list Here <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Programs Here>
- Also the Programs team has finalized the Presenter Guidelines <[
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Presenter_guideli…>
, which has to be followed by all the presenters.
- The Code of Conduct and Friendly Space Policy for WikiConference India
ha been completed. This is the Final version <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Code_of_Conduct
>
- WCI 2016 Hackathon survey - In the upcoming Wikiconference India a
hackathon session will be conducted. The aim of the hackathon is to attempt
to provide technical support to Indic Wikimedia communities - Please find a
link to the survey Here <
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EIgOuTjwzHqqR94m1GhDnbyKFkDG9HCXH-t17k8hZV…
>
- A WikiWomen's Lunch at WikiConference India 2016 will be organized on
August 6, 2016 at conference lunch hour (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.). Interested ppl
can sign up <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Meetups/WikiWomen…
>
*Other Activities & News in India*
*Wiki Loves Butterfly (WLB)*
Wiki Loves Butterfly (WLB) <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Butterfly> project- On 28th
July, the WLB team is going to start its second phase of pictorial
documentation (Field work) of the available seasonal species and variety of
butterflies along with their behavioral pattern in Jayanti, Alipurduar,
North Bengal.India. Currently, the team is developing articles(in Bengali
Language) about the butterflies found in the first phase. There are total
25 articles in Bengali developed in 3 months time where three of the users
are new. Total number of images contributed in commons is 377 till date.
*Wiki Loves Ratha Jatra*
This year, a few Wikimedians from Puri are documenting the process of
building the ratha (chariot) making . They are also uploading every phase
of the building process on Wikimedia Common. Many of the images have been
already uploaded and a lot more are going to uploaded in the due course of
time. All this is uploaded on the Category:Wiki Loves Ratha Jatra <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Ratha_Jatra>
You can see the pictures in the project category : <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Ratha_Jatra>
*Indian Women in Science Editathon*
Indian Women in Science Editathon <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Indian_Women_in_Science_Edit-a-thon>
was
conducted on 16 July 2016 in CES, IISc, Bangalore
*17th Kolkata Wikipedia Meetup*
17th Kolkata Wikipedia Meetup <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata17> was
organized on 9 July,2016 at Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan,
Kolkata
*O**pen call for Project Grant proposals*
- Project Grants will replace Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) and
Project & Event Grants (PEG).
- This is the new [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project
Project Grants Page]
- Please feel free to get in touch with Alex Wang(awang(a)wikimedia.org)
or Marti Johnson (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) with questions about getting
started with your project.
*In the Media*
- Wikipedia’s redesigned app recommends content to read on the go <
http://www.androidauthority.com/wikipedia-redesigned-app-706426/> July
29, 2016
- Wikipedias-seven-worst-moments <
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/05/wikipedias-seven-worst-moments/ >
July 05, 2016
- Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap <
https://psmag.com/closing-wikipedias-gender-gap-1f02b247beba#.oxh2w7niu>
July 28, 2016
- Wikipedia content translation tool<
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/technology/web/wikipedia-content-translation-too…>
July 28, 2016
- Increasing visibility of Indian women in science <
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/increasing-visibility-of-in…>
July 12, 2016
- Spotlight-on-women-scientists <
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/spotlight-on-women-scientists…
Spotlight-on-women-scientists> July 17, 2016
Regards
Yohann Thomas
Wikimedia India
yohannvt(a)wikimedia.in <yohannvt(a)gmail.com>
