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দীপাবলির শুভেচ্ছা
by Kalyan Sarkar 29 Oct '16

29 Oct '16

সকলকে জানাই শুভ দীপাবলির প্রীতি ও শুভেচ্ছা।

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উইকিপিডিয়া এশীয় মাস
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 27 Oct '16

27 Oct '16

সুধী, সকলের জ্ঞাতার্থে, আগের বছরের মতো এই বছরের নভেম্বর মাস জুড়ে উইকিপিডিয়া এশীয় মাস প্রতিযোগিতা হতে চলেছে। ভারত ও বাংলাদেশ ব্যতীত এশিয়ার অন্যান্য দেশ <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC…> সম্বন্ধীয় নিবন্ধের সংখ্যা ও গুণমান বৃদ্ধি করাই হল উইকিপিডিয়ায় এই এডিটাথনের মূল উদ্দেশ্য। উইকিপিডিয়া এশীয় সম্প্রদায়ের মধ্যে বন্ধুত্বের একজন অংশীদার হিসেবে প্রত্যেক অংশগ্রহণকারী, যারা অন্ততঃ চারটি নিবন্ধ তৈরী করবেন, তাঁরা অন্য অংশগ্রহণকারী দেশ থেকে একটি উইকিপিডিয়া পোস্টকার্ড উপহার হিসেবে পাবেন। প্রত্যেক উইকিপিডিয়া থেকে যে সমস্ত উইকিপিডিয়ান সবচেয়ে বেশি নিবন্ধ তৈরী করবেন, তাঁকে *উইকিপিডিয়া এশীয় দূত* উপাধিতে সম্মানিত করা হবে। নিয়মাবলী 1. যেকোন লগইনকৃত একাউন্ট থেকে অনুবাদ করতে হবে, আইপি থেকে অনুবাদকৃত নিবন্ধ গ্রহণযোগ্য নয়। 2. এই প্রতিযোগিতায় *বাংলাদেশ ও ভারত বাদ দিয়ে এশিয়ার অন্য দেশের বিষয় সম্পর্কিত নিবন্ধ তৈরি করতে হবে*। 3. অন্য দেশগুলোর নিবন্ধের একটি তালিকা *এখানে পাবেন <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NahidSultan/WAM_list>*। তালিকা থেকে পূর্বে তৈরি হয়নি এমন যেকোন নিবন্ধই অনুবাদ করতে পারেন। সংশ্লিষ্ট ইংরেজি নিবন্ধটিতে যাওয়ার পর যদি বামপাশের 'Languages' এর নিচে 'বাংলা' দেখতে পান তাহলে বুঝতে হবে নিবন্ধটি আগেই তৈরি করা হয়েছে। 4. পর্যালোচনার সময় নিবন্ধের গুণগত মানের (৩,০০০ বাইট ও ৩০০ শব্দের বা তার বেশি) উপর জোর দেওয়া হবে। পাশের তথ্যছক, বিভিন্ন লিংক ইত্যাদি বাদে মূল নিবন্ধটি তথ্য সম্বৃদ্ধ হতে হবে বা হওয়া উচিত। এ প্রতিযোগিতায় চার/পাঁচ লাইনের ছোট নিবন্ধ গ্রহণযোগ্য হবে না। নিয়মিত অভিজ্ঞ উইকিপিডিয়ানগণ তাদের নিজ নিজ বিবেচনাবোধ কাজে লাগিয়ে নিবন্ধ পর্যালোচনা করবেন। 5. যান্ত্রিক অনুবাদ বা গুগল ট্রন্সলেটর-এর মত অনুবাদ গ্রহণযোগ্য নয়। 6. *১লা নভেম্বর ২০১৬ থেকে ৩০শে নভেম্বর ২০১৬* পর্যন্ত এই সময়ের মধ্যে তৈরি নিবন্ধগুলোই কেবল পর্যালোচনার জন্য জমা দিতে পারবেন। 7. নিবন্ধটিকে তালিকা না হওয়াই বাঞ্ছনীয়, কিন্তু অন্য ভাষার উইকিপিডিয়ার নির্বাচিত তালিকার <https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA…> সম্পূর্ণ অনুবাদ হলে, নিবন্ধটিকে গণ্য করা হবে। - *প্রয়োজনীয় লিঙ্ক বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়াতে প্রকল্প পাতা <https://bn.wikipedia.org/s/2n8l>* সকলের সক্রিয় অংশগ্রহণ কামনা করি, শুভেচ্ছা সহ, উইকিপিডিয়া এশীয় মাস সংগঠকদের তরফে, বোধিসত্ত্ব মন্ডল ও নাহিদ সুলতান

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একটি অপরিকল্পিত ফটোওয়াক
by Kalyan Sarkar 26 Oct '16

26 Oct '16

সুধী, গত সোমবার (২৪ অক্টোবর) আমরা কয়েকজন পশ্চিমবঙ্গ খাদ্য উত্সব (আহারে বাংলা) ২০১৬ তে বিভিন্ন খাবার দাবারের ছবি তুলেছি। আমরা যে ক'জন অংশগ্রহণ করেছিলাম তারা হলাম - ১. অমিতাভ সেনগুপ্ত ২. ইন্দ্রজিত দাস ৩. কল্যাণ সরকার ৪. শান্তনু চন্দ্র ৫. সুজয় চন্দ্র ৬. সুমিত সুরাই আমরা আশা রাখছি যে আমাদের তোলা ছবি উইকিপ্রকল্প: পশ্চিমবঙ্গের অন্তর্গত "খাদ্য" অধ্যায়ের বিভিন্ন পর্যায়ের নিবন্ধ রচনায় কাজে আসবে। সকলকে অনুরোধ ছবিগুলো কমন্সে আপলোডের সময় Category:Wikipedia Takes Ahare Bangla 2016 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Takes_Ahare_Bangla_20…> টি যেন ব্যবহার করেন। ধন্যবাদ, কল্যাণ

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২০তম কলকাতা উইকিপিডিয়া সম্মেলনের তারিখ
by Kalyan Sarkar 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

সুধী, হিসেব মত ২০তম কলকাতা উইকিপিডিয়া সম্মেলনের তারিখ ৮ অক্টোবর ২০১৬। কিন্তু ওই দিনটি মহাসপ্তমী হওয়ায় হয়ত অনেকে উপস্থিত হতে পারবেন না। সেক্ষেত্রে সকলের উদ্দেশ্যে প্রশ্ন, সম্মেলনের তারিখ পরিবর্তন করার দরকার আছে কি না? যদি পরিবর্তন করতে হয় তাহলে অক্টোবরের সম্মেলনটি কবে হওয়া উচিত? ধন্যবাদ, কল্যাণ সরকার

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CIS-A2K Newsletter - September 2016
by Subhashish Panigrahi 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Dear friends, We are happy to share the consolidated newsletter for September 2016. Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? —Ting-Yi Chang (September 18, 2016) Five years after Wikimedia Foundation's 2011 editor survey ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.p…) was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales. "Our editing community continues to suffer from a lack of women editors. only 8.5% of editors are women." Probably the most cited statement for Wikipedia gender gap studies, the editor survey conducted by Wikimedia Foundation in April 2011 revealed the alarming imbalance within the online encyclopedia community(s). In the same survey, the percentage of female Wikipedians in India is reported as only 3%. When we have repeatedly emphasized on the development and changes the internet can bring to our societies, how do we ensure that behind our computer screen it is not just another mirror reflecting what has been silenced and forgotten? . . . Read more on Blogs ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-ex…) (Part 1 ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-t…) , Part 2 ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-t…) and Part 3 ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-t…) ) == Program reports = Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports: * Wikiwomen's Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-ex…) (Ting-Yi Chang; September 1, 2016) Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were new to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning and contributing more Indic language content online. * A workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates ( http://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articl…) (Pavan Santhosh; September 12, 2016) Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia. Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve articles related to Nobel laureates. * Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses ( http://cis-india.org/openness/campaign-for-relicensing-copyrighted-books-un…) (Pavan Santhosh S. & Subhashish Panigrahi; September 20, 2016). A campaign has been started to relicense Telugu-language books of several noted authors from "all rights reserved" to Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) license.. == Articles/blogs = Articles, opinion pieces, analysis pieces: * ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା¸ ( http://cis-india.org/openness/software-freedom-day) : (Subhashish Panigrahi; September 18, 2016). The blog post was mirrored in Your Story ( https://odia.yourstory.com/read/b3b56fd08a/-?c=16) , Odisha Story ( http://www.odishastory.com/odia/2016/09/software-freedom/) and Aajira Odisha (http://aajiraodisha.org/software-freedom/) on September 17, 2016. The originally published piece can be accessed here ( http://psubhashish.com/post/150524560200/sfd) . Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, was celebrated in many cities today. The piece sheds light on the philosophy of software freedom, and how free and open source software is making a significant social change. I have also shared how anyone can contribute to the FOSS movement in different ways and celebrate SFD. . == Team updates = Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tniranjana) , our Programme Advisor, and Abhinav Garule ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Abhinavgarule) , Programme Associate for Marathi have left the team recently to continue with their other personal/professional commitments. We thank both of them for their association and support both to the team and to the community. We wish them success in their forthcoming endeavors, and hope that they will keep contributing to the Wikimedia movement in their volunteer capacity. If you want to receive news from this program, please sign-up here ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/Subscribe) . This newsletter is also available on Meta-wiki at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/September_2016 Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Centre for Internet and Society Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k/ Follow us on Twitter at @CISA2K

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] [Wikimediaindia-l] Media of the day, 14 Oct 2016
by Jayanta Nath 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Hi, This is not a right place to discuss about this matter. You may start discuss here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Media_of_the_day On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Sudhanwa, >> >> Please have a look at today's MOD , https://upload.wikimedia.org/w >> ikipedia/commons/6/6a/Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Airbus_A340-500_ >> touch-and-go_at_Phuket_5Oct2016.webm >> >> May be you can add more questions here. Carry on... >> > > I am interested in the answers. If you (and others) can give them, it > will initiate a nice brainstorming discussion. > I know there are many senior wikipedians on the list (icluding yourself) > who can add their views in the discussion. Our ultimate objective is to > improve Wikipedia. > > Regards > -Sudhanwa > > > > >> >> >> Regards, >> Jayanta Nath >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar < >> sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> With due respect to the videographer and his intentions, but then what >>> is that video about? >>> What is so great about the video to become video of the day? It shows >>> some people moving around across some pavilions, some dirty roads and stray >>> dogs. >>> >>> Are there any guidelines for a good video. Rather for any file uploaded >>> on commons. Can it show any association to the article where it is used? I >>> am seriously curious about the whole thing. Unfortunately, people do not >>> like any questions on such matters. Similar questions were/are applicable >>> to various photo contests too. >>> >>> Regards >>> -Sudhanwa >>> >>> >>> 2016-10-14 20:27 GMT+05:30 Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan(a)wikimedia.in>: >>> >>>> সুধী, >>>> >>>> আমি এই মাত্র লক্ষ করলাম যে বিশ্বরূপদার ২০১৬ কলকাতা পুস্তকমেলার ভিডিওটি >>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> >>>> আজকের দিনের মিডিয়া হিসেবে নির্বাচিত হয়েছে! >>>> >>>> বিশ্বরূপদাকে অভিনন্দন জানাই! আমরা বিশ্বরূপদার জন্য গর্বিত। >>>> >>>> ধন্যবাদ, >>>> কল্যাণ সরকার >>>> >>>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> I just noticed that Biswarup da's video of 2016 Kolkata Book Fair >>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> >>>> has been chosen as the media of the day! >>>> >>>> Congratulations to Biswarup da! We are proud of you! >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards, >>>> Kalyan Sarkar >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! >>> web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in >>> Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > > ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! > web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in > Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >

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Re: [Wikimedia-in-WB] [Wikimediaindia-l] Media of the day, 14 Oct 2016
by Jayanta Nath 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Hi Sudhanwa, Please have a look at today's MOD , https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Ai… May be you can add more questions here. Carry on... Regards, Jayanta Nath On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com > wrote: > Hi, > > With due respect to the videographer and his intentions, but then what is > that video about? > What is so great about the video to become video of the day? It shows some > people moving around across some pavilions, some dirty roads and stray dogs. > > Are there any guidelines for a good video. Rather for any file uploaded on > commons. Can it show any association to the article where it is used? I am > seriously curious about the whole thing. Unfortunately, people do not like > any questions on such matters. Similar questions were/are applicable to > various photo contests too. > > Regards > -Sudhanwa > > > 2016-10-14 20:27 GMT+05:30 Kalyan Sarkar <kalyan(a)wikimedia.in>: > >> সুধী, >> >> আমি এই মাত্র লক্ষ করলাম যে বিশ্বরূপদার ২০১৬ কলকাতা পুস্তকমেলার ভিডিওটি >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> >> আজকের দিনের মিডিয়া হিসেবে নির্বাচিত হয়েছে! >> >> বিশ্বরূপদাকে অভিনন্দন জানাই! আমরা বিশ্বরূপদার জন্য গর্বিত। >> >> ধন্যবাদ, >> কল্যাণ সরকার >> >> >> All, >> >> I just noticed that Biswarup da's video of 2016 Kolkata Book Fair >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> >> has been chosen as the media of the day! >> >> Congratulations to Biswarup da! We are proud of you! >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Kalyan Sarkar >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > > ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! > web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in > Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >

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Media of the day, 14 Oct 2016
by Kalyan Sarkar 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

সুধী, আমি এই মাত্র লক্ষ করলাম যে বিশ্বরূপদার ২০১৬ কলকাতা পুস্তকমেলার ভিডিওটি <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> আজকের দিনের মিডিয়া হিসেবে নির্বাচিত হয়েছে! বিশ্বরূপদাকে অভিনন্দন জানাই! আমরা বিশ্বরূপদার জন্য গর্বিত। ধন্যবাদ, কল্যাণ সরকার All, I just noticed that Biswarup da's video of 2016 Kolkata Book Fair <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> has been chosen as the media of the day! Congratulations to Biswarup da! We are proud of you! Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar

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উইকি লাভস মনুমেন্টস পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সংক্রান্ত
by Kalyan Sarkar 08 Oct '16

08 Oct '16

সুধী, উইকি লাভস মনুমেন্টস প্রকল্প যারা যারা ছবি আপলোড করেছেন তাদের নামের ও আপলোডকৃত ছবির একটি পূর্ণাঙ্গ তালিকা তৈরী করা প্রয়োজন। যারা যারা ছবি আপলোড করেছেন বা জানেন অমুক লোক ছবি আপলোড করেছেন কিন্তু তিনি এই মেলিং লিস্টে নেই বা নিয়মিত নন, তাদের একবার সাড়া দেওয়ার জন্য অনুরোধ করছি। ধন্যবাদ, কল্যাণ সরকার

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Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)
by Subhashish Panigrahi 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Dear friends, First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of the CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share with interested friends, colleagues and communities. Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to address any concerns or inputs. Best, Subhashish ---------- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. Position Summary: As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals — growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates — that spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications with the community and the world outside. Characteristics of the Programme Officer: * High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can powerfully embody and communicate the mission. * Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from others while expanding intellectual horizons. * Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know what s/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. * Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Officer must be willing and able to work with a diverse array of people, many of whom come from non-traditional backgrounds and have a fervent commitment to Wikimedia movement’s community-led nature. * Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India. * Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions across the public, NGO, universities, philanthropic and private sector. * Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions. Responsibilities: * You will be responsible for the overall communications of Team that include storytelling in the form of interviews, blogs, opinion pieces in newspaper/other platforms, regular coverage in both Indian language and English media, and anything beyond. * You will be exploring widely from conventional to new media to spread the stories of the hundreds and thousands of volunteers that make the Indian-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects such great knowledge repositories. * Creating original stories of challenges and learning, and successes of Wikimedia community in general and the ones that we closely work with in particular. * Function as an interface between A2K team and the community, and help the team better work collaboratively with the community. * Sharing the work of the community and A2k team in a regular basis in the monthly newsletters and other places. * Providing training on effective communications to the communities in a need basis, and supporting them to independently tell their own stories in their own languages. * Announcement of programmatic activities in the form of announcements, blogs and reports, and microblogging (social media, etc.). * Interviewing Wikimedians under the ambit of the WikipediansSpeak [*] project and beyond, and share the story of the Wikimedia community widely in the media. Required Skills: * Graduate or masters in journalism/other media studies, law, or any other discipline with at least two-three years of professional experience with a strong track record of success in high performance organisations, preferably in non-profits. * Experience could be during studies or after, primarily in blogging, writing organisation reports, managing social media for organisations, interviewing and covering people’s stories in mainstream media. * Prior experience of working in a collaborative community, preferably and open one like Wikipedia and in online. * Good understanding of the basics of organisational programme design and management. * Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin the success of Wikipedia. Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge of how Wikipedia works in interviews). * Experience working in a global, multicultural and diverse team environment will be preferred. * Must be fluent in English and at least in one Indian language. * A good understanding of the cultural and knowledge universe of the Indian language communities. * Ability to integrate and understand the complexity of the Indian language communities. Pluses: * Support India-focused initiatives to improve quality of India-relevant content and number of editors on Indian-language Wikimedia projects. * Support the growth of Indian-language Wikimedia communities and projects by designing and implementing community collaborations and partnerships projects – detailing rationale, aim and objective, execution, evaluation, timeline, resource investment, etc. * Spearhead CIS-A2K’s pilot projects.Identify institutions/groups that have ready-made content/archived material and aggregate available material in respective languages. * Create a network of state institutions, university departments, non-government organisations, academics, artists, researchers and Wikipedia community members that will work towards creating a repository of knowledge on specific themes by using Wikimedia projects as a platform. * Conduct initial meetings with the principal investigators from each of the shortlisted institutions and share project ideas. * Facilitate Wikimedia community involvement with the core network of institutions and principal investigators to collaboratively participate on specific content/area modules. * Create social media platforms for visibility of these projects and facilitate need-based technical and online support. * Conduct a series of Wikimedia outreach sessions for various nodes within the network. * Conduct periodic monitoring and evaluation of the pilot projects in progress. * Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other countries. * Provide ad hoc support to the Wikipedia community on all aspects of Indian languages as may be deemed necessary. Context of the CIS-A2K programme: As an affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia and Wikipedia’s sister project, we design and implement different projects with an aim to create high quality content and cultivate new contributors to Wikimedia projects. The projects will be premised on themes and seek to create a multilingual repository of knowledge using Wikimedia projects as a knowledge platform. You are encouraged to deeply engage with the CIS-A2K work plan before making the application. You will work cohesively with the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia India Chapter to meet specific goals of each language community in India. You will be a part of a small team of 5 to 10 doing high visibility and high impact work. Please note that we, at CIS, do not have any distinction,exclusion, or preference that is based on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction, social origin, which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity and treatment in employment. (adapted from Declaration ILO Geneva [3]) Location: The position is based out of the CIS’s Bangalore office. Remuneration: Compensation structure will be determined by the level of expertise, experience and current remuneration. To apply, please send your resume along with a covering letter and at least three references to Tanveer Hasan (tanveer(a)cis-india.org) by October 20, 2016. Notes: 0. http://cis-india.org/jobs/cis-a2k-programme-officer 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter 2. WikipediansSpeak is an initiative to bring the voices of Wikipedians to the world and include interviews in various media, both multimedia and text-based narratives and beyond. More in the project page <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikipediansSpeak> 3. http://www.ilo.org/public/portugue/region/eurpro/lisbon/pdf/agender_jun06.p… Thanks, Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @subhapa / https://cis-india.org

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