Dear Wikimaniacs, Thank you very much for all the many applications for the Scholarship committee for Wikimania 2016. We are happy to present the following committee members: * David Richfield (South Africa, languages: en, af, de-3, nl-2)* Dsvyas (India, languages: gu, en-4, hi-3)* Eugene Alvin Villar (Philippines, languages: tl, en)* GastelEtzwane (Switzerland, languages: fr, en, de-2)* Mel 23 (Argentina, languages: es, en-4)* Mardetanha (Iran, languages: fa, az, en-3, tr-2)* Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (USA, languages: en)* Ruslik0 (Russia, languages: ru, en-3)* Venus Lui (Hong Kong, languages: zh, zh-yue, en)* Federico Leva (Italy, languages: it, en-3, “Scholarships working group chair”)* Martin Rulsch (Germany, languages: de, en-3, es-2, “Scholarships working group deputy chair”) Assisted by:* one Wikimania 2017 non-voting observer tbd* Ellie Young (WMF Conference Coordinator)* Sati Houston (WMF Staff) Additionally, around a dozen users offered their help with preparations of the scholarship applications, required translations, and communications as Scholarship ambassadors. We invite more people to volunteer. Please contact us on domande.wikimania(a)wikimedia.it when you are interested in this function. We appreciate your help! Find more information on https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee . Thanks,Federico Leva and Martin RulschWikimania 2016 team, scholarships subteam
As part of T113210 [1], which is a broader discussion on track for the
developer summit, I am hosting an IRC office hour [2] this Thursday at
19:00 UTC.
Since shared hosting is a broad topic, this session will focus specifically
on brainstorming ways to reconnect with the shared hosting community.
Shared hosting mediawiki users are currently underrepresented in the
greater mediawiki community. We rarely run into them in phabricator, on
gerrit or on the mailing lists. Which means that people often have to think
on their behalf about their use cases and issues, instead of getting direct
input.
There must be practical ways to bring those thousands of mediawiki users
back into the fold, so to speak. Hopefully we can come up with interesting
ideas to achieve that.
And if you happen to be a shared hosting user, by all means, please join
this IRC office hour :)
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T113210
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours
As an international community we have an opportunity to respond in a
positive and healing way to the attacks in Paris as well as sharing
our feelings of shock and sympathy.
Perhaps by planning open knowledge events to celebrate Parisian and
GLAM-related Islamic culture, which we could announce in a few weeks
time?
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Fae
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Dear all,
I don't know if it is appropriate to discuss this here but I believe I can get a useful advice here. The Nigerian language Wikipedia projects (Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo) need urgent attention. English language is the official language in Nigeria but the Yoruba language constitutes one of the major languages in Nigeria. The other two languages are Igbo and Hausa.
Today, Yorubas along with the Igbos are the most educated ethnic groups in Africa but in spite of this potentials, there are poor readership level and contributions to the Yoruba Wikipedia projects. In fact, several existing and prospective Wikipedia editors as well as scholars and student who can contribute significantly to the project are not even aware of the existence of the Yoruba Wikipedia. Speaking in March 2012, in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria, Jimmy Wales said: Wikipedia has seven active editors working in Yoruba language ("[http://m.voanews.com/a/wikipedia-co-founder-adding-more-african-languages-1…), an extremely low number, less than 0.0001% of active editors on the English Wikipedia. In fact, the seven active editors have reduce to 1 or 2. The truth is, I can't point to any active editors contributing in that project.
The Wikimedia User Group Nigeria under the leadership of Olaniyan Olusola will need every supports at the disposal of the WMF to preserve the Project. We are currently planning to organize a conference entitled "WikiYoruba 2016" that will involve Yoruba Language scholars and student who can contribute to the project.
I'm a native speaker of Yoruba language with good written skills in Yoruba language. I'm an experienced Wikipedian who has created over 500 articles on the English Wikipedia and I intend to use my experience to improve the Yoruba Wikipedia Project. You may also want to see (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikicology/100_articles_contribu…)
The Content translation tool is currently unsupported by Yoruba Language. Had it been its working, I would have translate hundreds of English Wikipedia contents.
Please we need the help and all forms of support to improve the project.
Cheers,
Olatunde Isaac (User:Wikicology)
Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 07:57:30 +0530
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Solidarity from India for this tragic incident. Good to know that
Wikipedians in and from Paris are all safe.
Bodhisattwa
On 14 November 2015 at 12:28, Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
<natalia.szafran(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> User Paterm, Polish wikipedian living in Paris is also well.
As is John Cummings, a UK citizen currently working as Wikimedian in
Residence at UNESCO in Paris.
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:04:03 -0800
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By the way, was there any follow up at WMF to Risker's suggestion from
awhile ago that its budget get a peer review from a similarly situated
organization?
I've taken a peek at the discussions in the current round of FDC proposals.
I have some concerns about WMF staff critiquing the budgets of affiliates
while WMF's own budget practices are in need of improvement. I would like
to see WMF make efforts to improve that will be reflected in the new WMF
Annual Plan cycle. I am hoping that the WMF Board takes an interest in
these matters, particularly in light of concerns about fundraising targets
and top-line budget growth.
Thanks,
Pine
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:09:58 +0330
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my heart goes out to the families of those who have been killed and I am
really hopeful All wikimedians are safe,
stay safe
Mardetanha
On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Sydney Poore <sydney.poore(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Alex, thanks for sharing this information. My thoughts are with Wikimedians
> and their family and friends.
>
> Take care,
> Sydney
>
> Sydney Poore
> User:FloNight
> Wikipedian in Residence
> at Cochrane Collaboration
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Cella <acella(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > All the staff is safe, I'm in touch with them.
> >
> > Thnaks for asking.
> >
> > --
> >
> > *Alex Cella*
> > Finance Fellow
> > acella(a)wikimedia.org
> > LinkedIn <http://fr.linkedin.com/in/alexcella>
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > 149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105
> > www.wikimediafoundation.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > May WMFR coordinate efforts to inform us if all Wikimedians from Paris
> > are
> > > live and well?
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:49:11 -0800
From: Anna Stillwell <astillwell(a)wikimedia.org>
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Andreas,
Thank you for this positive feedback. I can't comment on future banner
messages because I don't have the requisite knowledge.
Here's where we are right now... I've seen Megan and the fundraising team
really apply themselves on this concern. They've interviewed many people
and they are starting to collaborate with some of the people who have not
liked our banners.
I have no promises. None. I am just filling you in on the process. We're
also headed into the busiest times of our year and we are a small team so
we may not be able to update you in a timely fashion.
/a
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I see that the fundraising banners currently running in Germany[1][2] no
> longer speak of "keeping Wikipedia online and ad-free", but instead
> encourage people to "give something back to Wikipedia" if they find it
> useful.
>
> That is a much, much better wording. Thank you. I trust the English banners
> that will run in December will follow the same approach.
>
> Note however that the German FAQ[3] that is linked from the German Donate
> Now page[4] is several years out of date. It refers to 2013/2014 as the
> current financial year, and directs readers to the 2011/2012 annual report
> (!!!).
>
> The English FAQ[5] has much less content than the German one (I'm told all
> the outdated content has been commented out) and now lacks any specifics
> that would give donors an idea of what the Foundation is doing with their
> money.
>
> In all languages, the link to the FAQ on the Donate Now page is in such
> small print as to be barely legible. Please update the FAQs in all
> languages as a matter of urgency, and change the font size of the links to
> something more reasonable.
>
> In general I would like to see the Foundation communicate more clearly,
> transparently and proactively about where the money goes, and what the user
> benefits are. Reports like the one last year on improving access speed[6]
> are useful.
>
> Andreas
>
> [1]
>
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Spendenbanner-de-s5mini-151112_Kopie.jpg
> [2]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fehlerhafte_Spendenkampagne.png
> [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/de
> [4]
>
> https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:FundraiserLandingPag…
> [5] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en
> [6]
>
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/29/how-we-made-editing-wikipedia-twice-as…
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was happy to see increasing net assets and increasing revenue. The
> > fundraising messages that WMF sends should to reflect the facts about
> where
> > the money will go and about the current financial status of WMF.
> >
> > I've been told by someone whose history with the Wikimedia community is
> > longer than mine that many years ago, the chapters used to be in stronger
> > financial positions than WMF was. Eventually this flipped. As recently
> as a
> > few years ago were consistent questions about the effectiveness and
> > integrity of the chapters. In more recent history, the chapters seem to
> be
> > doing well in terms of effectiveness and integrity, and now the bulk of
> the
> > revenue is going to WMF where there are more questions about
> effectiveness
> > and integrity. I'm particularly troubled by the lack of responses from
> WMF
> > to a number of questions that I repeatedly asked about the 2015-2016
> Annual
> > Plan, and I'd really like to see some work done on increasing financial
> > transparency in WMF as well as enhancing the integrity of the online
> > fundraising messages.
> >
> > Pine
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On October 30, the Wikimedia Foundation posted its audited financial
> > > statements for the year ended June 30, 2015.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/0/0b/Audit_Report_-_FY_14…
> > >
> > > The figures contained in these statements have a bearing on the present
> > > discussion. Some highlights:
> > >
> > > Net assets at end of year:
> > > $77.8 million
> > > (up $24.3 million from $53.5 million)
> > >
> > > Current assets include:
> > > $35.2 million in cash and cash equivalents
> > > $29.0 million in short-term investments.
> > >
> > > Total support and revenue:
> > > $75.8 million
> > > (up $23.3 million from $52.5 million)
> > >
> > > Total expenses:
> > > $52.6 million
> > > (up $6.7 million from $45.9 million)
> > >
> > > Internet hosting costs:
> > > just under $2 million
> > > (down $0.5 million from $2.5 million)
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:13:51 +0100
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Hi everyone,
Thhank you all for your kind words.
We've had confirmation from almost every wikimedians living in Paris that
they're safe. The one we're waiting from are the one we don't have a way to
reach them.
At the same time, keep some thoughts for all the people in the Middle-East
that suffer and die on a daily basis at the hand of the same people. To the
people trying to flee from them.
And more than that, to all the people that die around the world because of
intolerance, misunderstanding and hatred.
Thank you all again.
Take care,
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Christophe
On 14 November 2015 at 06:39, Mardetanha <mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> my heart goes out to the families of those who have been killed and I am
> really hopeful All wikimedians are safe,
> stay safe
>
>
>
> Mardetanha
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Sydney Poore <sydney.poore(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Alex, thanks for sharing this information. My thoughts are with
> Wikimedians
> > and their family and friends.
> >
> > Take care,
> > Sydney
> >
> > Sydney Poore
> > User:FloNight
> > Wikipedian in Residence
> > at Cochrane Collaboration
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Cella <acella(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > All the staff is safe, I'm in touch with them.
> > >
> > > Thnaks for asking.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > *Alex Cella*
> > > Finance Fellow
> > > acella(a)wikimedia.org
> > > LinkedIn <http://fr.linkedin.com/in/alexcella>
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > 149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105
> > > www.wikimediafoundation.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > May WMFR coordinate efforts to inform us if all Wikimedians from
> Paris
> > > are
> > > > live and well?
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As an international community we have an opportunity to respond in a
positive and healing way to the attacks in Paris as well as sharing
our feelings of shock and sympathy.
Perhaps by planning open knowledge events to celebrate Parisian and
GLAM-related Islamic culture, which we could announce in a few weeks
time?
Thoughts?
Thanks,
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I agree that the WMF needs to slow its growth and look at stabilizing
around its currently level of funding. Continuing to grow at 20% is simply
not sustainable while maintaining our values and our reputation. I am not
yet sure what the rest of the board's position is on this matter but I
share many of the concerns raised here.
--
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MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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My emails; however, do not represent the official position of the WMF
Dear everyone,
Help us collect the 15 best things about the Wikimedia movement (and
Wikipedia) from the last 15 years!
Community members all over the world and the Communications team, have been
preparing to celebrate the start of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.
On January 15, 2016, it will have been 15 years of collaborating,
collecting, verifying, and making knowledge free for the whole world.
As part of our annual report, we plan to once again share stories -- this
time celebrating the joy of knowledge and discovery. We want to include
some of the most amazing, strange, cool, and unbelievable things about the
last 15 years.
There is a page started on Meta.[1] We know they balance to enWP right now,
so we are especially appreciative of additions about the rest of the
movement. Please add things we've missed, make corrections to anything
that's not correct, and commenting on your favorite.
Thanks so much for taking the time to improve this!
The WMF Communications team
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/15_years
--
*Heather Walls *Wikimedia Foundation
annual.wikimedia.org <https://annual.wikimedia.org/2014/>
Thank you for posting the staff assessments, Katy, and the
subject-matter expert feedback[1], Wes. We really appreciate all the
work that goes into reviewing the proposals.
We did find a few areas that we felt still needed clarification – in
some cases the assessment seemed to contradict itself as well as the
subject-matter expert feedback. We hope that our short comments on the
talk page[2] contribute to the deliberations and help the FDC make
informed decisions.
Kind regards,
Nicole
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/…
On 30 October 2015 at 00:06, Katy Love <klove(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi Wikimedians,
>
> On October 30, the community review period [1] for the annual plan grants
> for this round of proposals to the FDC ends. To those of you who have
> reviewed proposals and asked comments or provided feedback, thank you!
>
> Here are some important upcoming milestones: [2]
> * Nov 1: Round 2 Letter of Intent due. Organizations that are interested in
> applying for an annual plan must submit an LOI. Eligibility requirements are
> here. [3]
> * Nov 9: FDC staff will publish an assessment of the each of the 11
> proposals
> * Nov 15-18: FDC deliberates on the proposals in San Francisco, joined by a
> Board representative
> * By Dec 1: FDC publishes its recommendations to the Board
>
> If you have any questions about these milestones, I'm happy to help you. You
> can reach me at klove(a)wikimedia.org.
>
> Cheers,
> Katy Love
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Commu…
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility
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Dear all,
Centre for Internet and Society' Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) program
would like to share with you the newsletter below for the month of
October 2015. We look forward to hear any feedback or input you might have.
== 1000 Marathi books by Marathi-language non-profit to come online on
Marathi Wikisource with Open Access ==
As the Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha (MGS), a non-profit
organization working for the preservation of the "Peshwa" culture in
Maharashtra, and based in Pune, India, celebrated its 121st anniversary
recently, the organization relicensed 1000 books for Marathi Wikisource
under CC-by-SA 4.0 license so that the books could be digitized and be
made available for millions of Marathi readers. Avinash Chaphekar from
the organization signed a document permitting Wikimedians to digitize
the books on the Wikisource. On this special occasion of the
anniversary, a three-day book exhibition was organized starting October 30.
Answering our question "Could you please share with us your ideas of
opening these invaluable books for Wikisource? How they are going to be
useful for the online readers to learn about the Peshwas?", Mr Chaphekar
says:
“These books are of historical importance and cover topics that are
rarely covered well anywhere else. This information should reach to more
people. Right after our Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommended to read
the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin as it contains a lot of messages
for a common man, a lady walked to us once and asked if she can read
this Marathi. Such books that were published by the Sanstha should not
be kept closed as a lot many readers are searching for such books. We
might not have a very great presence in the media or the Internet. How
does any reader who does not know us buy a book? If these books are
available online they could at least find and read them”.
== Event organized/participated ==
(CIS-A2K events page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events)
⬤ Konkani-language books from Konkani-language culture center Mannd
Sobhaann to enrich Konkani Wikipedia:
(http://cis-india.org/openness/konkani-language-books-from-konkani-language-…)
Mannd Sobhaann (http://www.manddsobhann.org/), a private organization
working for unification of Konkani people around the world, preservation
and promotion of Konkani language and culture, has recently relicensed 3
of their published books under a CC-by-SA 4.0
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license. Erik Ozario,
founder of the organization has kindly permitted to open these books
under free license so they get digitized on Konkani Wikisource
(https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page/Konkani) and contribute in
enriching the Goan Konkani Wikipedia (https://goo.gl/780B6r). Thanks to
our friend Harriet Vidyasagar
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Outofindia) for helping in acquiring
these books.
⬤ Odia Wikisource 1st anniversary celebration: (https://goo.gl/nXRmvr)
Odia Wikimedia community celebrated Odia Wikisource's first anniversary
at the Institute on Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAGE),
Siripur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Jeeban Panda and Puspashree Pattnaik from
Bhubaneswar based non-profit Srujanika presented the organization's
journey in digitizing over 150K folios of many Odia-language books. They
also announced relicensing Srujanika’s entire publication (over 700
books) under a free license and digitizing them Wikisource. These books
include various science publications by the organization over last two
decades. In a panel discussion about the "need for digital platforms for
Odia books", participated noted linguist Debi Prasanna Pattnaik,
Professor Jatin Nayak, Sudhir Pattnaik, Editor, Samadrusti and Anil
Pradhan, Editor, Sikhya Sandhan. The community also had a day long
discussion about setting priorities and goals for the project in the
coordination of the project's administrator Mrutyunjaya Kar
(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/or:User:MKar). There was a survey made
where Wikimedians reflected their views on various activities.
⬤ Wikipedia Workshop at Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Sciences:
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Workshop_in_Sinhgad_Institute_of_…)
This workshop was aimed at introducing Wikipedia to the engineering
undergraduate students use the Marathi Wikipedia to disseminate what
they are learning in Marathi-language. About 11 students took part and
learned input in Marathi and Wikipedia in various topics of their interest.
== Upcoming events: Train-a-Wikipedian ==
CIS-A2K is going to start a new project Train-a-Wikipedian (TAW,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Train-a-Wikipedian). In February
and June this year, CIS-A2K conducted Train the Trainer (TTT,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Events/Train_the_Trainer_Program) and
MediaWiki Train the Trainer (MWTTT,
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MWTTT). After conducting these two
events, and communicating with the participants the need to start a
training program on regular basis was felt and designing the
"Train-a-Wikipedian" program was initiated. Initially, the focus would
be on five Focus Language Areas (FLAs); a) Kannada, b) Konkani, c)
Marathi, d) Odia, and e) Telugu, and the program might be scaled up
slowly based on its first pilot implementation. The TAW page on
Meta-wiki (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TAW), a number of topics are
listed that are going to be discussed. As not everything could be
imparted to every single participant, almost all the training sessions
are going to be custom-made where the learners will be independently
selecting topics of their own interest. Suggestions and inputs on this
program are welcome!
== Blog posts ==
⬤ Panigrahi, Subhashish. WikipediansSpeak: Telugu-language library
catalog project helps Wikipedia
grow,(http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikimedia-blog-october-9-2015-subhashi…
11 October 2015;
⬤ Panigrahi, Subhashish. Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First
Anniversary in Bhubaneswar,
(http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mybhubaneswar-october-25-2015-subhashish-pan…)
24 October 2015;
⬤ Agarwal, Shirish. Hamara Linux at Wikipedia workshop. Hamaralinux.org,
27 October 2015;
== Media coverage ==
1. How to do Guerilla GLAM
(https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/openotago/2015/10/06/how-to-do-guerilla-glam/),
University of Otago, 6 October 2015;
2. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ସମାଜ
(http://www.fullodisha.com/odia-wikiource-to-celebrate-its-first-anniversary…)
Full Odisha, 24 October 2015;
3. Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its First Anniversary in Bhubaneswar
(http://mybhubaneswar.com/odia-wikisource-anniversary/)
Mybhubaneswar.com, 24 October 2015
4. Odia Wikisource celebrates 1st anniversary this 25th October
(http://www.bhubaneswarbuzz.com/events/odia-wikisource-celebrates-1st-annive…)
Bhubaneswar Buzz, 24 October 2015,
5. "महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक" होणार लोकाभिमुख, महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स, Maharashtra
Times, 24 October 2015;
6. Odia Wikisource to Celebrate Its 1st Birth Anniversary Today At
IMAGE, Bhubaneswar
(http://www.odiaportal.in/2015/10/odia-wikisource-to-celebrate-its-1st.html)
Odiaportal.in, 25 October 2015;
7. ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ପ୍ରଥମ ଜନ୍ମତିଥି ପାଳନ (http://goo.gl/WiC5hS) Odia
Pua, 25 October 2015;
8. Odia Wikisource to celebrate its first anniversary tomorrow!
(http://odishasuntimes.com/2015/10/25/odia-wikisource-to-celebrate-its-first…),
Odisha Sun Times, 25 October 2015;
9. Odia language classics could now be read from phones, tablets and of
course from computers!,
(http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=62374) Orissa Diary, 25
October 2015;
10. Odia Wikisource to Hold 1st Anniversary
(http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/odia-wikisource-to-h…),
The pioneer, 26 October 2015;
11. Otago Southland are the Coolest
(http://www.lianza.org.nz/article/otago-southland-are-coolest), Library
and Information Association of New Zealand, 26 October 2015;
12. Open Access Week round up (https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/openotago/),
University of Otago, 27 October 2015;
13. मराठी पुस्तके 'विकिस्रोत'ला, सकाळ, Sakaal, 28 October 2015;
14. महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक संस्थेमधील एक हजार ग्रंथ ऑनलाइन, सामना Saamna, 28
October 2015;
15. India & France to digitise manuscripts, artworks & archives
(http://www.medianama.com/2015/10/223-india-france-manuscript-digitisation/),
Medianama, 29 October 2015;
16. एक हजार ग्रंथ ऑनलाइन, महाराष्ट्र टाईम्स, Maharashtra Times, 30 October 2015;
== Op-eds ==
⬤ Panigrahi, Subhashish. ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାରର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା (Need for an
Odia-language Wikisource)
(http://editors.cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/samaja-october-25-2015-subhashish-pa…),
Samaja, 25 October 2015;
This newsletter is also available on Meta at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/October_2015
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Best!
Subhashish Panigrahi
Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
@subhapa / https://cis-india.org
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