Hello everyone,
As Wikisource turns 18 today, I would love to invite you all to celebrate
this occasion together at *1:30 PM UTC / 7 PM IST *(24 November 2021) - check
your timezone <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1637760610>.
Incoming CEO of the WMF, Maryana Iskander will be joining the conversation.
40+ people including wikisource volunteers, WMF staff and partners have
confirmed their participation for the event.
Some of the confirmed speakers are:
- Tom Derrick - British Library and Bengali Wikisource collaboration
- User:PseudoSkull - Transcribing films on Wikisource
- User:Sneha (CIS-A2K) - Research on Indic Wikisource projects
More details are available on the event page:
https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Eighteenth_Birthday
There is still time to get your invite to join the event. Just *reach out
to me at sgill(a)wikimedia.org <sgill(a)wikimedia.org>*.
Best
Satdeep
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Satdeep Gill (pronouns - he, him)
Program Officer
GLAM and Culture
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi everyone,
I'm here to announce an important project that the GLAM and Culture team at
the Wikimedia Foundation is taking part in during the next few weeks.
Due to Outreach having limited readership and visibility within the
movement, our community newsletters don’t always receive the attention they
deserve. To address this, we’re working with our colleagues in the Movement
Communications team to *migrate the This Month in GLAM newsletter
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter> from Outreach to
Meta-Wiki*.
Both teams are working on this task in the next few weeks in order to:
1. Increase visibility and participation in the GLAM newsletter.
2. Ensure the GLAM community has a place (Meta-Wiki) where they feel
seen, engaged, and supported by the Wikimedia community, partners, and
Foundation.
3. Increase the amount of multilingual (or translatable) content to
engage contributors from other languages and more regions.
This activity already has the support of the newsletter’s main editors. It
was also already announced in this October report in the newsletter
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2021/Contents/W…>
.
The migration of the report pages, talk pages, categories, and templates
will happen from *November 19th to 30th*. This period is important to
accommodate the migration before the reports from next month. Any other
modifications or corrections will be made before *December 15th*.
If you have any questions or ideas about the migration, please contact the
GLAM & Culture team at glam(a)wikimedia.org and the community editors at
thismonthinglam(a)gmail.com.
Best,
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer; GLAM and Culture
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello Wikisource enthusiasts and friends of Wikisource,
I hope you are doing alright! I would like to invite you to celebrate 18
years of Wikisource with the incoming CEO of the WMF, Maryana Iskendar
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Chief_Executive_Office…>
.
The event is scheduled to take place in 2 weeks from today on *24 November
2021* from *1:30 - 3:00 PM UTC *(check your local time
<toollabs:zonestamp/1637760610>). Feel free to drop me a message on
telegram (@satdeep) or via email (sgill(a)wikimedia.org) to add your email
address to the calendar invite.
Maryana is hoping to learn more about the Wikisource community and the
project at this event and it would be really nice if you can share your
answers to the following questions:
- What motivates you to contribute to Wikisource?
- What makes the Wikisource community special?
- What are the major challenges facing the movement going forward?
- What are your questions to Maryana?
You can share your responses during the live event but in case the date and
the time doesn't work for you, you can share your responses on the event
page on Wikisource
<https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Eighteenth_Birthday> or in case you
would like to remain anonymous, you can share your responses directly with
me.
Also, feel free to reach out to me in case you would like to give a short
presentation about your and your community's work at the beginning of the
session.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon!
Best
Satdeep
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Satdeep Gill (pronouns - he, him)
Program Officer
GLAM and Culture
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hi Folx!
Anyone expereinced in working as librarian and wikipedian with
elementary school teachers and pupils? How does it benefit your work?
What is a good resource to check for working on open content with
these target groups?
Thank you for any tips and tricks, pointers and leads!
Best Z. Blace