Dear Wikimedians,
We hope this message finds you well and that you are in good spirits. We
are the Let’s Connect working group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Knowledge_Sharing/Connect/Team>- a
team of movement contributors/organizers who are liaison representatives of 7/8
regions <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_regions>. We are
connecting with you to see if you are interested in and/or know about the
peer-to-peer program, Let’s Connect
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Knowledge_Sharing/Connect>!
The program creates an open and safe learning space for any Wikimedian who is
part of an organized group to share and learn different skills
(organizational/interpersonal / grant related / learning & evaluation ...)
with other peers to add value and contribute collectively to the community.
The purpose is to further develop skills, share knowledge and promote human
connections and mutual support between different groups and communities, in
alignment with the Movement Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy>.
Every month, we host 2-3 live 2-hour learning clinics
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Knowledge_Sharing/Connect#Live_learn…>
with
interesting topics selected by our team and our interested sharers. Our
live learning sessions have up to 4 interpreters translating the clinic for
our participants. Our main languages are Spanish | Arabic | French |
Portuguese. If there is a specific language you would like to see in the
calls, we are happy to see how we can accommodate it.
Let’s Connect is directed at Wikimedians in all regions that are part of
organized groups (this can range from a group of individuals that are not
formally organized user groups, chapters and mission-aligned
organizations). Please see our Meta page for more criteria
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Knowledge_Sharing/Connect#Who_is_Let…>.
To participate as a sharer, you can register in this initial registration
form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiea87tSYmB2-1XHn_u8RLe7efMJifJBz…>
where
you can register your learning and sharing interests and state if you want
to share your knowledge through Learning Clinics.
Below, you will find our team of 8 who are excited to meet with you if you
are interested. Please email our team at letsconnect(a)wikimedia.org if you
have any questions :)
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
The Let’s Connect Working Group
Dear African Wikimedians,
Do you believe cultural heritage should be accessible to everyone? Are you
interested in learning more about what it takes to promote open access?
Would you like to learn from open advocates and ask experts about their
advocacy efforts? Are you interested in getting more involved in the open
culture movement?
Join the Open Culture Platform
<https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-openculture-platform/>!
Creative Commons has created this platform to foster community dialogues in
the cultural heritage sector between activists, digitizers, and leaders and
to hear about different perspectives from all backgrounds. With a monthly
meeting and regular email updates, our global community engages in
conversations and activities to further open access in galleries,
libraries, archives, museums and beyond.
We provide funding opportunities for local and collaborative projects to
guide, and support community open advocacy initiatives. Hear more about
why to join the Open Culture Platform directly from our members
<https://creativecommons.org/2022/09/12/members-share-their-experiences-with…>
.
Just fill out this simple form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Lw_TrKewChECCdNjGlO3Kqk-Yn_wpo8s6ht7nCUUu3…>,
and you can be added to our mailing list and calendar invitations.
Whatsapp/Signal/Telegram:
Help Keep Cultural Heritage Alive
Are you interested in getting more involved in the Open Culture movement?
The Creative Commons Open Culture Platform
<https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-openculture-platform/> is the
perfect place for you! With a monthly meeting and regular email updates,
our global community engages in conversations and activities to further
open access in galleries, libraries, archives, museums and beyond.
Hear more about why to join the Open Culture Platform directly from our
members
<https://creativecommons.org/2022/09/12/members-share-their-experiences-with…>
.
Just fill out this simple form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Lw_TrKewChECCdNjGlO3Kqk-Yn_wpo8s6ht7nCUUu3…>,
and you can be added to our mailing list and calendar invitations.
Dear friends
A few days ago, in a diff article (1), we told you the story on how we
improved the ISA Tool (2) during a co-organized Hackathon (3).
Key outome is... we are happy to announce that a new version of the ISA
Tool is now available on toolforge for you to use. Whilst the tool would
still welcome your technical attention, we were able to fix critical
bugs and to implement some improvements.
After nearly a year dormant, ISA is back !
*
What is the ISA Tool ? *
ISAis a fun, multilingual, mobile-first/microcontributions/tool, that
makes it easy for (groups of) people to addstructured data
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Structured_da…>to
images on Wikimedia Commons.
With ISA, you can choose a pre-defined set of images on Commons and then
ask contributors to 'tag' these with multilingual structured metadata.
Points are counted for each contribution, and therefore it is possible
to organize 'tagging' or microcontributions competitions or challenges
with ISA. Or you can compete against yourself :)
ISA was originally built to provide better multilingual and structured
descriptions of Wiki Loves Africa images (4). But it is also developed
to be useful to all of the Wiki Loves X competitions, and eventually
ended up being meant forall media fileson Wikimedia Commons. More info
here: (5)
*Campaign #300*
To celebrate both the relaunch AND Women's Rights Month, and to
demonstrate how the ISA tool works, we are launching an ISA campaign
about Women in Art.
This is happening here : https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/300
Your contributions, small or big, are welcome to improve the
category:Women in Art
*Create your own campaigns ?*
You are welcome to create your own campaigns (or join older ones). Just
make sure to log-in and you are good to go.
A piece of advice though... make sure not to create very big campaigns
with thousands and thousands of images. Toolforge does not digest huge
sets very well.
500 is ok. 8000 is ok. 200 000 images... is beyond its capacity. We are
still testing and improving. If you see anything weird or broken, please
report here (7)
Best regards
Anthere
(1) the diff article :
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/03/13/the-triumph-of-wiki-mentor-africas-fi…
(2) the tool : https://isa.toolforge.org/
(3) the January hackathon :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_Mentor_Africa_Hackathon_2024
(4) the tool page on Commons :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:ISA_Tool
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:ISA_Tool>(5) opportunity to
remind that Wiki Loves Africa is happening right now :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024
(6) women in art campaign : https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/300
(7) phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/3981/
Dear Wikimedians,
We are inviting you to participate in the review process for the 2nd round
of general support funding. Your insights are crucial in helping us
allocate resources effectively and support impactful projects within the
Wikimedia movement.
*What is needed:*
-
Read proposals: Explore the funding requests on the SSA Region Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Sub-Saharan_Africa#General_S…>
and MENA Region Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Regions/Middle_East_%26_North_Africa…>
application pages.
-
Provide constructive feedback:
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Share your expertise to help applicants strengthen their projects.
-
Offer suggestions based on your experiences or concerns that can
improve the proposals.
-
Ask specific questions to ensure the projects have a clear path to
success.
-
[Optional] In case it is helpful, you can use this review framework
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Co…>
in providing comprehensive feedback. Other formats are welcome.
Timeline:
-
Review period: March 19 - April 2
-
How to submit feedback:
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Comment directly on the application discussion pages (preferred)
-
Email your feedback to the Program Officer (mea_fund(a)wikimedia.org
<mea(a)wikimedia.org> )
Your participation will complement the reviewing and decision-making
efforts of the regional funding committee and staff in ensuring impactful
resourcing of our movement.
Thank you for your time and dedication.
Sincerely, Veronica Thamaini & Farida El-Gueretly MEA Region Funding Team
--
Veronica Thamaini | Manager of Regional Programs, Community Resources
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Mark your calendars for the first-ever Wikidata events series geared toward
newcomers.
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From: Léa Lacroix <lea.lacroix_ext(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Subject: [Wikidata] Save the date - Wikidata Leveling Up Days, April 5-7
and 12-14
To: Discussion list for the Wikidata project <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone,
The Wikidata Leveling Up Days
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Leveling_Up_Days_2024> are a
series of online events and a collection of useful contents to help people
get on board with Wikidata. The events will take place from April 5th to
7th and from April 12th to 14th, and will include a wide variety of
presentations, workshops and discussions covering the basics of Wikidata:
get started, browse and query Wikidata, enhance your editing experience,
ensure data quality, and connect Wikidata with sister projects.
The event will give the occasion to both new and seasoned editors to get
together and exchange ideas and tips. Some sessions are already planned in
the schedule, but the program is open: community trainers and organizers
are welcome to schedule their own self-organized sessions, at the time that
suits them best, and in the language that would be accessible to their
peers. If you’re interested in scheduling your own session, you’ll find
guidance on this page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Leveling_Up_Days_2024/Get_inv…>
.
The Leveling Up Days are also a collection of introduction videos, recorded
in advance with experienced Wikidata editors, that will soon be available
online. We will make sure that the videos are available ahead of the event,
so people can watch them at their own pace. The videos will include
translatable captions, so you will be able to help us make this useful
content accessible to a wide range of Wikidata newcomers.
The online event is open to everyone without registration, but if you’re
interested in attending, feel free to sign up here
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Leveling_Up_Days_2024/Partici…>.
You can also join our help desk channel
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Leveling_Up_Days_2024/Help_de…>
where we will have Q&A sessions.
And last but not least: please help us reach out to people who may be
interested in learning more about Wikidata: feel free to share or transfer
this message to the channels, mailing-lists and groups where it could be
relevant.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.
See you around at the Leveling Up Days!
Best,
--
Léa Lacroix
Community Engagement & Events Consultant
Contractor for Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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Hi Everyone,
The WikiForHumanRights 2024 new theme *‘’Knowledge for a Sustainable
Future’’* presents an opportunity for us to organize around new topics for
impact that are relevant for a sustainable future. We want to empower
organizers and participants to be able to identify such topics that are
relevant in their context and important for the future.
*This is why we are excited to invite you to register for the topic
identification workshop
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:WikiForHumanRights_2024_Topic_Identif…>
happening
on 15 March 2024 at 15:00 UTC. You will find the workshop useful if you are
a regional coordinator, local organizer, campaign participant or even
someone seeking to learn how to identify relevant topics for campaign
organizing. *
We look forward to connecting and learning with you.
Best regards,
Euphemia
Ndewo nu!
Wiki Loves Africa is a yearly international contest that runs in all
African countries from 1st of March to 30th of April.
The WLA contest is ongoing and we are organising a training to enable our
Community members contribute to WLA 2024 by teaching them how to add Igbo
category and the formats to use for Audio and Video files.
You are welcome to join us. 😀
Date: Tuesday, 12th March 2024
Time: 5:00PM PROMPT
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/vwa-hbts-bya
We look forward to seeing you!
Thank you.
FOR:
Igbo Wikimedians User Group
Dear Wikimedians,
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) Campaign [1] is looking for interested Wikimedians to become Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign Ambassadors to help amplify awareness and provide more tailored support to the communities and individuals participating in the 2024 edition of the contest.
We welcome ambassadors who are willing to support the international organizing team in coordinating the project in their communitities and help in bridging language and regional gaps in all formal Wikimedia regions and across languages of participating communities.
Interested individuals should apply at https://forms.gle/1m9hXtYhsnXMDbgB7
Application is accepted until 11th March, 2024.
Kind regards,
Ammar
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2024