Hello,
The second session of Stay Safe Stay connected, a lightweight interaction
zone for the Wikimedians in India, will take place on Saturday 5 June 2021
at 5 pm to 6:30 pm IST (11:30 am to 1:00 pm UTC). Please see the event page
here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected#Session_II
This will be a Wikisource community fraternity meeting where Wikisource
editors can meet and talk to each other. We may speak about the ongoing and
upcoming Wikisource projects, share interesting news and updates around
Wikisource.
Wikisource editors from all around India are expected to be attending the
call. User:VIGNERON, French Wikisource editor, and User:Samwilson, from
English Wikisource, will be attending. If you are a Wikisource editor or
enthusiast, please join this Wikisource community call.
Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend:
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
For any query, please email wmwm(a)cis-india.org
Stay safe, stay connected.
Regards,
Jayanta
Note:
1) The session will be hosted on Zoom and this session will be recorded.
2) Please feel free to speak in your native language during the call.
That's cool. We'll try to translate.
3) In the open session or during the discussion, you may speak about
your/your community's Wikisource work. If you want to show any page/project
keep the link handy.
Hello,
Hope this email finds you safe in this difficult time. Many people and
Wikimedians have been affected or have suffered a loss. In an effort to
ensure community solidarity where Wikimedians can meet and talk to each
other, we are starting a lightweight interaction zone for the Wikimedians
in India. This interaction zone is named "Stay Safe Stay Connected".
Please see the event page here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stay_safe,_stay_connected
The first talk will be on Saturday, 22 May 2021, 7 pm to 8 pm IST (1:30 pm
to 2:30 pm UTC). Asaf Bartov will be the guest of the session. Asaf is a
familiar name and he has been a mentor to many Wikimedians in India. This
will be a lightweight discussion on general Wiki-topic (note the exact
agenda will be updated on the event page before the event)
We invite you to join the first talk. The session will be hosted on Zoom.
Please fill this short form, if you are interested to attend the first
interactive talk on 22 May 2021
https://forms.gle/e85k84tX4oroKkjx7
Please follow the event page for updates. Stay safe, stay connected!
Regards,
Jayanta
Hello Wikimedians,
We are all passing through a very difficult time as the second wave of
COVID-19 has hit hard throughout the country. It is a bitter and hard truth
that many of us have lost our loved ones, close friends, relatives,
neighbours already. Some of us have faced economic difficulties due to loss
of jobs, losses in businesses, huge hospitalization expenses etc.
In the midst of this crisis, a support program has been initiated to
provide some reliefs to our Wikimedia volunteers residing in India. The
program will support the following -
1. Reimbursement of vaccination costs
2. Sending of COVID-19 protection kits
3. Counseling by experts
The support will be provided by CIS-A2K. The vaccination expenses will be
reimbursed as early as April 30, 2021. The COVID-19 protection kits will
get couriered within a week or more, depending on various logistical
factors. The team will try to support the more vulnerable section of the
community first.
Volunteers are requested to fill up this Google Form to request support -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYcjEeuT7vUxP3NJg7KfIiZaude9IXLyC…
If you do not need this kind of support but you know some volunteers from
your community who are in dire need, you can nominate them too through this
form or mail the support team directly. Affiliate contacts and community
leaders are also kindly requested to help identify the volunteers who need
the support the most.
You can find more details about the support program here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India
Please read the FAQ subpage too -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_support_for_Wikimedians/India/FAQ
The support team would also like to emphasise that,
a) there might be some delay in sending support as there are lockdowns in
different parts of the country and there is scarcity or non-availability of
different items in the market,
b) there might be some unintentional or unexpected errors from the team, as
this is the first time, this kind of support is being set up for Indian
Wikimedia volunteers and the team does not have prior experience to deal
with this kind of global health situation before.
c) the team members are also facing the same critical situation like
everyone else; there are possibilities that they can become sick sooner or
later, which might hamper the support to some extent.
That's why the team would like to request you to understand the limitations
and assume good faith that any failure to serve sometimes would be due to
situations beyond control.
If you want to contact us directly for any questions, concerns,
suggestions, help etc. you can mail us directly at wmwm(a)cis-india.org .
Let's join hands to overcome this situation.
Regards,
Jayanta
On behalf of the COVID-19 support team
Dear All,
The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team at CIS has been engaged with work on
research on Indian language Wikimedia projects as part of the APG since
2019. This year, following up on our learnings from work so far, we are
undertaking a needs assessment exercise to understand a) the awareness
about research within Indian language Wikimedia communities, and identify
existing projects if any, and b) to gather community inputs on knowledge
gaps and priority areas of focus and the role of research in addressing the
same.
We would therefore request interested community members to respond to the
needs assessment questionnaire here: https://forms.gle/2xGAUBKSVJTK7Wks9
Please respond in any Indian language as suitable. The deadline for this
exercise is February 20, 2021. For any queries do write to us on the
CIS-A2K research talk page here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:CIS-A2K/Research
User:Jayanta (CIS-A2K)
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)
Access to Knowledge
FYI.
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From: Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 2:22 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Wikisource own mailing list - the
journey began
To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia.
<wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: <indic-wikisource(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, discussion list for
Wikisource, the free library <wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Indic Wikisource well-wishers,
Indic Wikisource's own e-mail list [1] has launched Indic-Wikisource
today. Since 2015, the lots of activities are going on Indic
Wikisource. So it will use for all Indic Wikisource related discussion
announcements etc. Presently, we have 12 Indian languages (
Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia,
Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu) Wikisource and in future more
will be added.
I invite everyone who is interested to join this list.[1] The
necessary instructions in this regard, you can see this [2] link for
details.
Jayanta
1) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/indic-wikisource
2) http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/node13.html
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From: pavan santhosh <pavansanthosh.s(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 11:09 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WikiConference India 2020] Community
Engagement Survey
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is doing great.
I am writing this email to invite you all to participate in the
Community Engagement Survey for WikiConference India 2020. The
Community Engagement Survey is one of the key requirements for
drafting the Conference & Event Grant application for the Wikimedia
Foundation.
The survey will have questions regarding a few demographic details,
your experience with Wikimedia, challenges and needs, and your
expectations for WCI 2020. The responses will help us to form an
initial idea of what is expected out of WCI 2020, and draft the grant
application accordingly. Please note that this will not directly
influence the specificities of the program, there will be a detailed
survey to assess the program needs after funding.
Please fill the survey at; https://forms.gle/YkA9UfcbXo3c637M6. The
survey will be open until 23:59 hrs of 22 December 2019.
Please pass on this message to your community mailing lists, and it
would be great if you post on the Village Pumps of your local Wikis.
Looking forward to all of your active participation.
Let me know if there are any questions.
Best wishes,
Pavan Santhosh.
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