Dear Indian Wikimedians,
As many of you may have known, one of our fellow Wikimedian was arrested by
Uttar Pradesh Police in October 2020. His name is Siddique Kappan (His
wikimedia username is User:Sidheeq). He is from Kerala, and he was active
in Wikimedia projects (mainly in Malayalam Wikipedia) until his arrest.
Incidently he is a journalist and he was arrested from the home of Hathras
rape and murder victim while reporting the victim Dalit girl's family
members. UP Police has slapped Sedition, Terrorism as well as UAPA charges
against him.
Kappen is diabetic and now COVID positive. He was admitted to hospital only
after he collapsed in the jail cell. With his deteriorating health, it was
accused that Kappan was chained to hospital bed like an animal. Today's
news reports say that he is in critical condition. (You could always google
"Siddique Kappan")
As a tone deaf people I don't expect anything from this mail, I just wish
to share the information.
Stay Inside, Stay Complementary (non-critical), Stay safe, Stay healthy.
User:Praveenp
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Siddique's en.wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sidheeq
Namaskara,
This might be some food for thought, and inputs are welcome. India mailing
list is the largest and most widely used Wikimedia mailing list for the
Indian community. Could we have a practice that all grant requests from the
country (or related to) are informed on the Wikimediaindia-l mailing list?
Whether it is a state-level, project-level, language-level etc, or whether
it is a rapid grant, project grant etc it would be good to see the plan
details on this mailing list in advance. It will ensure greater visibility,
and it will also ensure the community's understanding/knowing of each
other's projects.
If we can have a practice like this, we can inform Wikimedia, or CR team or
relevant support structure(s) as an India community practice.
This post is in my personal capacity. Please assume good faith
Regards,
User:Titodutta
Hi
FYI
Regards,
Manav
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From: Cornelius Kibelka <ckibelka-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 20:09
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Quick upvoting of statements for the Movement
Charter Election Compass until Sunday, Oct 3
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
TL;DR: Upvote your favorite Movement Charter Election Compass statements
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…>
until October 3rd.
///////////////////////////////////////
Hello everyone,
in roughly 10 days, on October 11, we will start the voting on the
community candidates for the drafting committee that will draft the
Movement Charter. We got 72 candidates running for the committee!
To be able to guide all of you through so many candidacies, we want to
provide a Voting Advice Application. You can find the prototype here on
Toolforge <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>.
Over the last week, we got 110 statements proposed by community members: On
values and principles, on resource allocation, on the charter drafting
process. Thank you very much!
*The next step is now to select 15 to 20 of these statements for the final
advice application -- your turn! *Upvote the statements you would like to
see included in the voting advice application:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…
You can vote on as many statements as you like, but only one vote per
statement. *Think about which statements you would like to see the
candidates positioning themselves to, which might help you in your
decision-making.* The ~20 statements with the most votes will be selected
and send to the candidates on Monday, October 4th.
All of this is an experiment, we're happy to get feedback!
Best regards
Cornelius
--
Cornelius Kibelka (he/him)
Event Coordinator
Movement Strategy + Governance
2030.wikimedia.org
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Hello all,
Wiki Loves Monuments will end by tomorrow midnight Indian time. If you were
waiting to upload your photographs at the end of the competition, now is
the time. Hurry and start uploading.
Event link -
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ind…
Best wishes,
Bodhisattwa
Dear friends,
I am happy to share the EduWiki Outreach Collaborators with you. You can
find more information in this email or visit our Meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…>
.
To apply for this opportunity, please complete this form.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…>
To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators,
we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones.
Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…>.
*This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject
it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling,
see the survey privacy statement: *https://foundation.wikimedia
.org/wiki/Legal:Call_for_applications_EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators_2.0_Privacy_Statement
Best! Sailesh
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Sailesh Patnaik <spatnaik(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 1:05 PM
Subject: Join us as EduWiki Outreach Collaborators
To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
TL;DR
-
Apply for EduWiki Outreach Collaborators (EWOC) by signing up in this
form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…>
. <https://bit.ly/eduwikiccc>(Please check the privacy statement below
before clicking on the google form link)
-
Find the roles for EWOC here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…>
.
-
Stay tuned for some live interviews with our former EWOC members over
the Education team’s Facebook page.
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaEducationTeam>
I hope you are doing well, I am writing this email to announce the call for
applications for the second cohort of EduWiki Outreach Collaborators. EduWiki
Outreach Collaborators or EWOC are a dynamic group of Wikimedians who
collaborate with the education team at the Wikimedia Foundation to provide
support, effective collaboration, and learning opportunities for the
education community in the Wikimedia movement.
In 2020, we started this pilot initiative to work with community leaders of
our movement to support volunteers in the movement with better networking,
communication practices for growth, and to work together to spread the
awareness on the value of Wikimedia in education. As a result of which we
had the opportunity to work with 14 Wikimedia community members from
various parts of the world. These volunteers helped in publishing 12
Education newsletters issues, shared many community stories from their
regions, and helped in hosting 3 regional education meetings with 54
participants from 20 countries.
This year we are planning to expand the program and we are planning to work
with 20 volunteers in 8 different roles. To have more information regarding
this program, please visit our Meta page.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…>
The strategic goals are designed by the 2020-2021 cohort of volunteers.
We encourage volunteers from all regions and genders to be a part of this
project! We expect the group of EWOC to represent the diversity of our
movement and the call for participation will be open until we achieve this
goal. Respecting the privacy of the members, personal information provided
will not be shared with an external audience. To apply for this
opportunity, please complete this form.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…>
To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators,
we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones.
Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…>
.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, I will be happy
to answer them. Looking forward to working closely with you on this
project. Feel free to share this in your network.
*This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject
it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling,
see the survey privacy statement:*
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sign-up_for_Community_Communications_…
Best!
Sailesh and the Education team
--
Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him)
Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
--
Dear friends,
I am happy to share the EduWiki Outreach Collaborators with you. You can
find more information in this email or visit our Meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…>
.
To apply for this opportunity, please complete this form.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…>
To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators,
we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones.
Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…>.
*This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject
it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling,
see the survey privacy statement: *
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Call_for_applications_EduWiki_O…
Best! Sailesh
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Sailesh Patnaik <spatnaik(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 1:05 PM
Subject: Join us as EduWiki Outreach Collaborators
To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
TL;DR
-
Apply for EduWiki Outreach Collaborators (EWOC) by signing up in this
form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…>
. <https://bit.ly/eduwikiccc>(Please check the privacy statement below
before clicking on the google form link)
-
Find the roles for EWOC here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…>
.
-
Stay tuned for some live interviews with our former EWOC members over
the Education team’s Facebook page.
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaEducationTeam>
I hope you are doing well, I am writing this email to announce the call for
applications for the second cohort of EduWiki Outreach Collaborators. EduWiki
Outreach Collaborators or EWOC are a dynamic group of Wikimedians who
collaborate with the education team at the Wikimedia Foundation to provide
support, effective collaboration, and learning opportunities for the
education community in the Wikimedia movement.
In 2020, we started this pilot initiative to work with community leaders of
our movement to support volunteers in the movement with better networking,
communication practices for growth, and to work together to spread the
awareness on the value of Wikimedia in education. As a result of which we
had the opportunity to work with 14 Wikimedia community members from
various parts of the world. These volunteers helped in publishing 12
Education newsletters issues, shared many community stories from their
regions, and helped in hosting 3 regional education meetings with 54
participants from 20 countries.
This year we are planning to expand the program and we are planning to work
with 20 volunteers in 8 different roles. To have more information regarding
this program, please visit our Meta page.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Ro…>
The strategic goals are designed by the 2020-2021 cohort of volunteers.
We encourage volunteers from all regions and genders to be a part of this
project! We expect the group of EWOC to represent the diversity of our
movement and the call for participation will be open until we achieve this
goal. Respecting the privacy of the members, personal information provided
will not be shared with an external audience. To apply for this
opportunity, please complete this form.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA3l-xTQlIl4rhXqaONAUFFxPnhzS4yJM…>
To encourage participation and to recognise the works of the collaborators,
we have decided on certain rewards for completing different milestones.
Find more about EWOC, roles and recognitions here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Outreach_Collaborators#Re…>
.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, I will be happy
to answer them. Looking forward to working closely with you on this
project. Feel free to share this in your network.
*This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject
it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling,
see the survey privacy statement:*
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sign-up_for_Community_Communications_…
Best!
Sailesh and the Education team
--
Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him)
Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
--
Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him)
Program Officer, Education
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello all,
We have reached the 12th day of WLM 2021 and now have around 1200 images of
monuments i.e. around 100 images per day, which is kind of lower than
previous years and which is expected considering the COVID-19 movement
restrictions. The organizers are currently filtering out poor quality
images, out of scope images, images with watermarks and images which lack
sufficient documentation to identify monuments.
We now have totally moved to a static map based navigation of monuments - see
here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Up…>.
If you now click on the states and UTs in the map or in the box, it will
direct you to specific pages for the monuments situated there like this
page for West Bengal
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/We…>.
Thanks to Krishna <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KCVelaga>for
patiently working
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_maps_of_In…>on
the svg maps of all states and UTs. We intend to make the navigation more
granular district wise like this page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Mo…>
for districtwise non-designated temples of Tamil Nadu, but it is beyond our
capacity to work on all districts of India.
The reason we have not worked towards dynamic map navigation this year is
because coordinates are missing for a large percentage of Indian monuments
on Wikidata and without the coordinates, dynamic map will not deliver the
expected impact. It is also beyond our capacity to work on coordinates of
all monuments of India and thus your involvement is needed.
From our side, we are totally focusing on monuments of West Bengal. Indrajit
Das <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Indrajitdas> is creating a database
of gaves located in different cemeteries of West Bengal and they are
getting included in our lists here
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Mo…>.
Till now, more than 2000 graves are included in these lists here and it
will grow throughout the year. Simultaneously, we are also filling gaps of
our existing tables like this one
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Mo…>
etc. Our focus on West Bengal will continue for the next couple of years
until we cover all monuments located there, which are pre-documented in
different sources. Considering our limited capacity, we will only focus on
optimal categorization on Commons for other states from our side assuming
that the rest of the work will be taken care of by experienced volunteers
from respective states sooner or later.
The 3-members jury team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ind…>
has been formed after their confirmation. The jury members remain the same
as last year. Their decision will be final and irrevocable and the
organizing team will have no influence over the jury process just like
previous years. The entire review process will be completed within the last
day of October as we did previously.
See you and amazing photographs there in WLM,
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(On behalf of WLM 2021 India organizing team
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2021_in_Ind…>
)
Hello all,
Hope you are doing well. Glad to inform you that A2K is going to conduct a
mini edit-a-thon to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. It is the
second iteration of Mahatma Gandhi mini edit-a-thon. The edit-a-thon will
be on the same dates 2nd and 3rd October (Weekend). During the last
iteration, we had created or developed or uploaded content related to
Mahatma Gandhi. This time, we will create or develop content about Mahatma
Gandhi and any article directly related to the Indian Independence
movement. The list of articles is given on the event page. Feel free to add
more relevant articles to the list. The event is not restricted to any
single Wikimedia project. For more information, you can visit the event
page.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_2021_edit-a-thon
*Note*: The event page is still under construction.
Thank you
Nitesh Gill