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From: Liam Wyatt <lwyatt-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 6:42 PM
Subject: [Wikidata] Announcing two new WikiCite grant programs: Project &
events, and e-scholarships
To: wikicite-discuss <wikicite-discuss(a)wikimedia.org>, <
wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
I have the great pleasure to announce two new grant programs for projects
that support the goals of WikiCite: the promotion open citations and linked
bibliographic data to serve free knowledge.
The steering committee is now accepting applications for the following two
types of grants. For both types the application deadline is 1 October 2020,
and all projects must be completed by 1 May 2021.
--- Project & Event grants ---
Grants between $2,000 and $10,000 (USD equivalent) are available to
individuals, groups, and organisations with a project that supports the
goals of Wikicite.
All the details, the eligibility criteria (especially for in-person
events[1]), and the application form are available on the WikiCite project
& event grants homepage:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/grants
Individuals, groups, and organizations may apply, and projects may be of
any nature. This includes technical (e.g. software, tools), event (online,
or in-person), resources (training materials, documentation), or other
forms not mentioned – as long as it supports the goals of WikiCite.
--- e-Scholarships ---
The e-scholarship program is a new kind of grant in Wikimedia, created in
response to an era of COVID-19 quarantines, and the 2030 Movement strategy
goals.
An e-scholarship provides a per-diem equivalent allowance for 1-5 people to
stay at their home(s) and work for 2-4 days on a project supporting the
mission of WikiCite. e-scholarship recipients' projects can be the kinds of
things they might have previously undertaken with a scholarship for an
in-person hackathon, unconference, or research trip, for example.
All the details, eligibility criteria, program design principles, and the
application form are available on the WikiCite e-scholarships homepage:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite/e-scholarship
Funding will:
- be provided in advance;
- be calculated at the WMF per-diem rate for the city where the
e-scholarship recipient lives;
- and (as it is a living allowance) not require recipients to submit
expense reports.
"Remote group" applications are encouraged, as are projects which focus on
content or communities which are historically underrepresented in Wikimedia
projects. Building a bot, fixing a tool, wrangling a dataset, writing
complete documentation... all are valid e-scholarship projects. A
confirmation letter (in advance) and/or participation certificate
(afterwards) can also be provided.
Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]
--
Program Manager for WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite>
Wikimedia Foundation
- WikiCite is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Wikimedia
Foundation -
[1] Applications for in-person events are eligible. The WMF will release a
risk assessment calculator for in-person events and a checklist of
precautions in early September. This protocol will apply to all Wikimedia
Foundation supported events. Applicants may publish a draft of their
proposals now, and edit it before the submission deadline to include a copy
of the results from the risk assessment protocol once it is published.
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From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 11:46 PM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic #008 digest; #009 on Friday featuring Abstract
Wikipedia!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
I have posted the digest for Wikimedia Clinic #008. [1]
The topics discussed were:
* WMF Research (Presentation by Leila Zia (WMF))
* Wiki Studies
* Pitching ideas for development to WMF
* Harassment
I encourage those of you interested in any of the above topics to read the
digest. [1]
On Friday, August 21st, at 19:00 UTC[2], we will be hosting Wikimedia
Clinic #009.[3] The scheduled segment this time would be an introduction
to Abstract Wikipedia, featuring project founder Denny Vrandečić himself!
As always, beyond this scheduled segment, there will be time to bring up
any Wikimedia-related questions or topics other call attendees are
interested in.
PLEASE NOTE: experimentally, this call will take place using the free
software Jitsi-based Wikimedia Meet. Desktop/laptop computers can connect
directly via the link[3] but if you want to connect using a mobile device
(phone or tablet) you will need to download the Jitsi app[4] first and use
that to connect via the link[3].
Cheers,
A.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/008
[2] Here is a WorldTimeBuddy link to help you figure out what that means
for your time zone.
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=100&h=100&date=2020-8-21&sln=19-20…
[3] https://meet.wmcloud.org/WikimediaClinic009
[4] https://jitsi.org/downloads/
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org
Good day community members,
I trust we are all keeping safe? Apologies for cross-posting.
As with my last update, the Transition Design Team is rounding up its work, has put out a draft (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transit…) and now needs inputs from the community.
You can read my update on this draft here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C7hWUZbJy69gaAJyP8LEENtvUWDWuTKyus6LwZy…
To this end, the team from Africa is planning to organize a briefing session with the community on Saturday, August 15th, 2020 by 5pm UTC.
During the session, we will discuss the work done so far, what is expected from the community and also answer questions you may have.
Meeting link is https://meet.google.com/twe-aimj-mkk
Please see a draft agenda of the meeting below.* Introduction - Kayode - 5 mins* Movement Strategy Presentation - Anass - 10 mins* How Africa can participate - Bachounda - 10 mins* Possible challenges for African participation - Kayode - 10 mins* Questions and answers - 10 mins* Closing remarks - Mehrdad - 5 mins
Please share this message with your communities especially on your mailing lists and social media pages.
Also feel free to reach out to Anass, Bacounda or I if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Kayode Yussuf
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org
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From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 6:39 PM
Subject: Wikimedia Clinic digest #007 posted; Clinic #008 featuring
Research at 18:00 UTC
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
I have posted the digest for Wikimedia Clinic #007. [1]
The topics discussed were:
* Statistics tools demonstrations (+Bonus demonstration of stylometric
analysis to uncover sock puppets)
* What is "Wikimedia research"
* In person events
* Wikimedia in Mainland China
* Technical feedback on Jitsi
I encourage those of you interested in any of the above topics to read the
digest. [1]
In a couple of hours, at 18:00 (6pm) UTC, we will be having Wikimedia
Clinic #008, at this link[2]. The call today would feature a short talk by
Leila Zia, director of the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation,
offering an overview of what the team does as well as some recent research
examples, but the call will as always also welcome whatever
Wikimedia-related topics attendees want to bring on.
PLEASE NOTE: experimentally, this call will take place using the free
software Jitsi-based Wikimedia Meet. Desktop/laptop computers can connect
directly via the link[2] but if you want to connect using a mobile device
(phone or tablet) you will need to download the Jitsi app[3] first and use
that to connect via the link[2].
A.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/007
[2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/WikimediaClinic008
[3] https://jitsi.org/downloads/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinic/007
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
With grant support from the Wikimedia Foundation, AfLIA
<https://web.aflia.net/>'s Wikipedian in Residence and Curriculum
Development Consultant will adapt the OCLC's *Wikipedia + Libraries Better
Together* curriculum to the African context and train Librarians from all
Library types in 30 African countries.
Do you wish to know which skills will be learned?
Which African countries the Librarians will come from?
How knowledge from African communities will ‘be liberated’ through this
Project and more?
Read more in this blog post
<https://web.aflia.net/wikipedia-project-for-african-librarians-liberating-k…>
titled Wikipedia project for African Librarians: Liberating Knowledge
<https://web.aflia.net/wikipedia-project-for-african-librarians-liberating-k…>
and
subscribe to the WikiAfLibs <http://eepurl.com/g_MDWT> Project
<http://eepurl.com/g_MDWT> Newsletters to keep updated on all activities.
Regards,
Good day all ,
>From 1st - 22nd August, Wikimedia Community User Group - Uganda and
Wikimedia Community User Group - Tanzania will be making their contribution
to making Wikipedia more reliable. You can participate in our regional #
1Lib1Ref by simply adding a citation to Wikipedia's content!
That's all we ask and imagine: a world in which every librarian (or
archivist, reference professional, and scholar) adds 1 more reference to
Wikipedia. This might fall out of the traditional time frames for the #
1Lib1Ref campaign but we couldn’t be more excited to support another round
of activities.
Full resources and guides for participating are available on the <http://
1lib1ref.org> campaign website ( <http://1lib1ref.org> http://1lib1ref.org).
You can make sure your contribution is counted by using the Program and
Events Dashboard for our event and region, and using the #1Lib1Ref hashtag
in your edit summary. Support us in the following ways :
1. Login here to enrol for our regional campaign :
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/WikiCommunity_User_Group-Ugan…
2. Follow us on social media : Twitter - @Wiki Uganda
<wikiuganda(a)gmail.com> ,@Wiki_Tza <https://twitter.com/wiki_Tza> ,
Facebook : Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
<https://www.facebook.com/WMCUGU/>, Wikimedia Tanzania
<https://www.facebook.com/Wikimediatz/>
3. Sharing the word as far and wide as possible...
Please tell your library and library-loving friends about #1Lib1Ref in East
Africa. We need everyone's help to make Wikipedia more reliable!
Kind regards
Alice