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
Hello friends,
It's only 7 days left for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 (WMWM) registration
to be closed. We got a good number of submissions and the program committee
selected important ones and published the program schedule here.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
You can attend any session or you can attend all the sessions according to
your suitable time and interest. For attending the events you have to
register yourself here below link
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration
Regards,
Jayanta Nath
on behalf of the Wikimedia Wikimeet 2021 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
Hello everyone,
We are excited to announce that registration for participation has been
opened for Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021, the upcoming online wiki-event
which is to be conducted from 19 – 21 February 2021 during the occasion of
International Mother Language Day. The registration will remain open until
16 February 2021.
You can register yourself here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration
If you have any questions or comments please contact
wmwm(a)cis-india.org Otherwise,
please continue to follow our program and developments on Wikimedia
wikimeet 2021 on meta-wiki.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021
Please help us by forwarding this email to relevant lists!
Jayanta Nath
Hello,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation would like to introduce a new community
blog. It's called "Diff" (diff.wikimedia.org) and is a blog by – and
for – the Wikimedia volunteer community to connect and share
learnings, stories, and ideas from across our movement. We'd like to
encourage you to learn more about Diff and how it can help you in
sharing and learning from your fellow Wikimedians.
Everyone is invited to contribute!
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/07/14/welcome-to-diff-a-community-blog-for-…
The name “Diff” is in reference to the wiki interface that displays
the difference between one version and another of a Wikipedia page. It
also reflects the “difference” our communities and movement make in
the world every day.
For some background, Diff builds on lessons and experiences from the
Wikimedia Blog, the Wikimedia Foundation News, and Wikimedia Space;
previous posts from these channels are archived on Diff. The channel
is primarily intended for community-authored posts, in which
volunteers can share their stories, learnings, and ideas with each
other.
Diff offers a simple and accessible editorial process, moderated by
Foundation communications staff and open to volunteers, to encourage
participation from all — especially emerging and under-represented
communities. Additionally, content on Diff can be written and
translated into languages to reach a wide audience. Diff also has a
code of conduct and comments can be flagged and moderated.
Still curious to learn more?
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/07/14/welcome-to-diff-a-community-blog-for-…
Yours,
Chris Koerner (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi Assamese Wikisource Community,
As COVID-19 has forced the Wikimedia communities to stay at home and like
many other affiliates, CIS-A2K has decided to suspend all offline
activities till 15th September 2020 (or till further notice).I present to
you for an online training session for future coming months.
1. Wikisource Skill Share,[1] a capacity-building initiative, where Indic
Wikisource contributors, both newcomers and experienced, can share
knowledge and skills with each other and clear confusions. Most of the
time, it will be done online on 1:1 basis, so it is just the right time to
participate there if you have not planned to do it or done it already.
Let's learn Wikisource together! I would like to invite experienced Indic
Wikisource contributors and sign your name at Willing to respond section
[2]. Newcomer or any Indic Wikisource contributors are welcome to join the
session with your queries and doubts.
2. Intensive Personalized Training (or IPT),[3] this also a
capacity-building initiative, where Indic Wikisource contributors,
especially newcomers could come with his/her queries and doubts. I, myself
will share my knowledge and skills with each contributor and clear
confusions. It will be done online on a 1:1 basis, so it is just the right
time to participate there if you have not planned to do so.
3. Online Proofread-edithon for all 12 Indic Wikisource language projects.
We are planning for an indic level online proofreadthon from 1 May 2020 to
10 May 2020. The book of the subject will be the classical literature of
your languages. We’ll share details about this in a separate email in a
couple of days.
Regards,
Jayanta Nath
Wikisource Advisor, CIS-A2K
1) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Helpdesk/Skill_sharing
2)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Helpdesk/Skill_sharing#Wil…
3)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikisource_Helpdesk/Intensive_Persona…
Hello all,
I was a Wikipedian in Mumbai who moved to Pune this year. I was wondering
if we could have a meetup in Pune - if not in the month of December then
for the Wikipedia birthday on January 12 (Sunday). I am taking the
initiative as I did not see any meetups planned.
Please do let me know what you think?
Sincerely,
Pradeep Mohandas
User:Prad2609
*Hello Indic Wikimedians,*
It gives us great pleasure to inform that the Wikisource Advance Training
2019 program organized by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 11 October - 13
October 2019 at Pune.
Advance Wikisource Training is a residential training program that is
planned for the Indic Wikisource community (including English) members.
Last year we focused on Wikipedia and conducted the Wiki Advanced Training
at Ranch, India. This year our focus project is Wikisource.
Interested candidates are requested to apply with the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSda905zHpS2Fub7qTyciEAC1GWjfIEASRP…
Last date of application:20th September 2019 23:59 IST
Please consider sharing this process details with your community members.
Other details will be updated from time to time at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Wiki_Advanced_Training/2019
If you have questions, please email me or tito(a)cis-india.org.
Regards,
Jayanta Nath
Wikisource Advisor
CIS-A2K