Hi all,
Voting is now open in the sixteenth annual Picture of the Year contest:
<https://w.wiki/5xRn> - please vote! The first round of voting will be
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P.S. You may notice this is the 2021 edition, we fell behind on starting
the contest. We can always use more volunteers to help, please let us
know if you're interested in helping in the future.
Thanks,
-- POTY Committee
Hello Everyone,
I’m pleased to announce Wikiclubs pilots in India.
The WikiClubs pilot aims to enable the creation of WikiClubs at educational
institutions in India. The pilot project is a joint effort between IIIT
Hydrabad and Wikimedia foundation and will be led by IIIT Hyderabad and
supported by the Foundation. In the program, the participants will be
expected to start WikiClubs at their respective institutions, to contribute
to the growth and diversification of culture and heritage sources on
Wikisource and Wikimedia Commons in India, especially targeted around
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India, for more details visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiClubs_pilot_in_India
Sincerely
Kasyap (he/him)
IndicWiki Project Team - IIIT-H
9014120442 , kasyap.krupal(a)research.iiit.ac.in
Greetings, Everyone!
The WMF Inuka team [1] would like to thank everyone who attended the
Wikistories office hours, provided feedback, and asked questions about our
exploration to incorporate the Wikistories workflow in Commons [2]. We
received valuable input from the office hours participants who attended the
different office hours, and we have summarized the discussions here:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikistories_Office_hours_with_WikiCommons
Takeaways from the discussions
Most questions asked during office hours were aimed at understanding the
tool's features and its moderation in Commons. We answered the questions
based on our design thoughts; some other comments were insights for the
Inuka team into areas of consideration while working on the initiative to
optimize the tool's usage when it is developed.
Therefore, the above suggests curiosity from Commons contributors about the
Wikistories initiative. The Inuka team sees this as a sign to proceed to
the next step of this project unless the community collectively thinks
otherwise.
What next?
We are allowing other community members to read the office hours note, ask
follow-up questions or provide feedback about the initiative for the Inuka
team’s awareness and engagement as we proceed on this project. The Inuka
team will post periodic updates to help the WikiCommons community stay
aware and involved during the project phases.
Best regards
Uzoma Ozurumba
On behalf of the WMF Inuka team
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Inuka_team
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikistories_on_Commons