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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year

by Shani Evenstein

Amazing news indeed! Congrats and well done to the whole team. Best, Shani. ----------------------------------------------- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>. * Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>. * Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>. * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>. +972-525640648 On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 8:31 PM Rohan Badlani <rohan.badlani(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations to Wikimedia Sverige team. This is amazing news! :) > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 9:17 AM Suyash Dwivedi <suyash.tps(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Congratulations to WMSE >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM Colette Guébo < >> yao.mariecolette(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool. >>> >>> Best regards. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <marajozkee(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to >>>> contribute to these amazing projects. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Rajeeb(Marajozkee) >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> > On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical >>>> data on >>>> > Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities >>>> around the >>>> > world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia >>>> > Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone >>>> in >>>> > research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I >>>> will >>>> > look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata >>>> content >>>> > curation. >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin < >>>> sacassin(a)yorku.ca> >>>> > wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing >>>> and >>>> >> I'm really looking forward to the results. >>>> >> Stacy >>>> >> >>>> >> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand. >>>> >> >>>> >> Associate Librarian >>>> >> >>>> >> York University Libraries >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional >>>> territory of >>>> >> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care >>>> taken by >>>> >> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the >>>> Huron-Wendat, >>>> >> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We >>>> acknowledge >>>> >> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First >>>> Nation. >>>> >> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt >>>> Covenant, >>>> >> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.* >>>> >> ------------------------------ >>>> >> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf >>>> of John >>>> >> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se> >>>> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM >>>> >> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org; >>>> >> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> >> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, >>>> 000+ >>>> >> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, >>>> 000/year >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants >>>> >> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as >>>> part of >>>> >> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or >>>> receiving >>>> >> updates please let me know. >>>> >> >>>> >> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement >>>> for >>>> >> our office space. >>>> >> >>>> >> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector >>>> >> >>>> >> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a >>>> >> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. >>>> From >>>> >> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the >>>> MediaWiki >>>> >> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add >>>> pronunciations >>>> >> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to >>>> the >>>> >> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use >>>> for oral >>>> >> citations. >>>> >> >>>> >> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, >>>> STTS >>>> >> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia >>>> Deutschland >>>> >> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association. >>>> >> >>>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in >>>> Swedish): >>>> >> >>>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019… >>>> >> >>>> >> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries >>>> >> >>>> >> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National >>>> Library of >>>> >> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians >>>> >> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will >>>> be a >>>> >> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our >>>> hope is >>>> >> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, >>>> as >>>> >> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for >>>> the >>>> >> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to >>>> ongoingly >>>> >> organize activities and events independently at their libraries >>>> across the >>>> >> country. >>>> >> >>>> >> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and >>>> >> FindingGLAMs campaigns. >>>> >> >>>> >> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the >>>> coming 3 >>>> >> years if successful. >>>> >> >>>> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in >>>> Swedish): >>>> >> >>>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan >>>> >> >>>> >> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata >>>> >> >>>> >> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The >>>> >> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The >>>> project >>>> >> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020. >>>> >> >>>> >> Cost reduction >>>> >> >>>> >> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a >>>> heavily >>>> >> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet >>>> Foundation. >>>> >> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year >>>> compared >>>> >> to when we had an office of our own. >>>> >> >>>> >> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is >>>> considered so >>>> >> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy >>>> that >>>> >> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the >>>> possibility to >>>> >> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous >>>> subsidy). >>>> >> >>>> >> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you >>>> have >>>> >> any questions. >>>> >> >>>> >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech >>>> >> >>>> >> Best, >>>> >> >>>> >> John >>>> >> >>>> >> - - - - >>>> >> >>>> >> John Andersson >>>> >> >>>> >> Executive Director >>>> >> >>>> >> Wikimedia Sverige >>>> >> >>>> >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 >>>> >> >>>> >> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se >>>> >> >>>> >> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> Wikidata mailing list >>>> >> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Lane Rasberry >>>> > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia >>>> > 206.801.0814 >>>> > lane(a)bluerasberry.com >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> GLAM mailing list >>>> GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Regards,* >> >> >> *Suyash Dwivedi* >> +91 98260 15410 | +91 70003 72413 >> *Skype*: suyash.india >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> > > > -- > > *Rohan Badlani* > 4th year undergraduate student, > B.E.(Hons), Computer Science, > Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. > > Email: rohan.badlani(a)gmail.com > Phone: +91-9660582805. > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] [GLAM] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year

by Suyash Dwivedi

Congratulations to WMSE On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM Colette Guébo <yao.mariecolette(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations to the Wikimedia Sverige team. it's super cool. > > Best regards. > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 3:12 PM Rajeeb Dutta <marajozkee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Congratulations John and Wikimedia Sverige team!! Looking forward to >> contribute to these amazing projects. >> >> Cheers, >> Rajeeb(Marajozkee) >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On 28-Mar-2019, at 8:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical data >> on >> > Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities around >> the >> > world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia >> > Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone in >> > research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I >> will >> > look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata content >> > curation. >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin < >> sacassin(a)yorku.ca> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing >> and >> >> I'm really looking forward to the results. >> >> Stacy >> >> >> >> Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand. >> >> >> >> Associate Librarian >> >> >> >> York University Libraries >> >> >> >> >> >> *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional >> territory of >> >> many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care >> taken by >> >> the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the >> Huron-Wendat, >> >> and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We >> acknowledge >> >> the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First >> Nation. >> >> This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt >> Covenant, >> >> an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.* >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of >> John >> >> Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se> >> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM >> >> *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org; >> >> cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, >> 000+ >> >> in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, >> 000/year >> >> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants >> >> totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part >> of >> >> these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving >> >> updates please let me know. >> >> >> >> Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement >> for >> >> our office space. >> >> >> >> Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector >> >> >> >> The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a >> >> text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. >> From >> >> September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki >> >> extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add >> pronunciations >> >> to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the >> >> text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for >> oral >> >> citations. >> >> >> >> The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, >> STTS >> >> (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia >> Deutschland >> >> and the Swedish Dyslexia Association. >> >> >> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): >> >> >> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019… >> >> >> >> Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries >> >> >> >> From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National >> Library of >> >> Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians >> >> focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will >> be a >> >> mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our >> hope is >> >> to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as >> >> well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the >> >> most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to >> ongoingly >> >> organize activities and events independently at their libraries across >> the >> >> country. >> >> >> >> Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and >> >> FindingGLAMs campaigns. >> >> >> >> There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the >> coming 3 >> >> years if successful. >> >> >> >> As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): >> >> >> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan >> >> >> >> Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata >> >> >> >> We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The >> >> project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project >> >> will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020. >> >> >> >> Cost reduction >> >> >> >> Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily >> >> subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation. >> >> Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year >> compared >> >> to when we had an office of our own. >> >> >> >> We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered >> so >> >> important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy >> that >> >> the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the >> possibility to >> >> grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous >> subsidy). >> >> >> >> Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you >> have >> >> any questions. >> >> >> >> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> >> - - - - >> >> >> >> John Andersson >> >> >> >> Executive Director >> >> >> >> Wikimedia Sverige >> >> >> >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 >> >> >> >> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se >> >> >> >> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikidata mailing list >> >> Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Lane Rasberry >> > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia >> > 206.801.0814 >> > lane(a)bluerasberry.com >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GLAM mailing list >> GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- *Regards,* *Suyash Dwivedi* +91 98260 15410 | +91 70003 72413 *Skype*: suyash.india

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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 15, Issue 3 – 31 March 2019

by Wikipedia Signpost

>From the editors: Getting serious about humor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/From_t… News and notes: Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/News_a… In the media: Women's history month http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/In_the… Discussion report: Portal debates continue, Prespa agreement aftermath, WMF seeks a rebranding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Discus… Featured content: Out of this world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Featur… Arbitration report: The Tides of March at ARBCOM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Arbitr… Traffic report: Exultations and tribulations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Traffi… Technology report: New section suggestions and sitewide styles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Techno… News from the WMF: The WMF's take on the new EU Copyright Directive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/News_f… Recent research: Barnstar-like awards increase new editor retention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Recent… >From the archives: Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/From_t… Humour: The Epistolary of Arthur 37 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Humour Op-Ed: Pro and Con: Has gun violence been improperly excluded from gun articles? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Op-Ed In focus: The Wikipedia SourceWatch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/In_foc… Special report: Wiki Loves (50 Years of) Pride http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Specia… Community view: Wikipedia's response to the New Zealand mosque shootings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-03-31/Commun… Single-page view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single https://facebook.com/wikisignpost https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- *Signpost* team http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost> _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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Invitation to the March 2019 Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting: Thursday, March 28, 18:00 UTC

by Sasha Redkina

Hello everyone, The next Wikimedia Monthly Activities meeting will take place on Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 18:00 UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxCFzA3PEaQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxCFzA3PEaQ> We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. *Agenda:* Facilitator: Adora Svitak, Communications Fellow, Wikimedia Foundation - Welcome and introduction to agenda - 2 minutes - Movement update - 3 minutes - New Communications committee and Movement communications group - 5 minutes - EU Copyright reform update - 10 minutes - Movement strategy update - 15 minutes - Questions and discussion - 10 minutes - Wikilove - 5 minutes Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about the meeting and how to participate: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings The April 2019 monthly activities meeting will take place on Thursday, April 25, starting at 18:00 UTC (11:00 Pacific Daylight Time). To sign up to participate, please visit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings/Sign_… Thank you!

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Recognition of the Wikimedians of India Technical User Group

by Kirill Lokshin

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Wikimedians of India Technical User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to introduce new Wikipedia technologies to volunteers, to recruit new technical contributors, and to work with Indic communities to address their technology problems and requests. Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! Regards, Kirill Lokshin Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognit… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_India_technical_user_group

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Recognition of the Marathi Wikimedians User Group

by Kirill Lokshin

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] the Marathi Wikimedians User Group [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims to increase awareness about Marathi Wikipedia and other Wikipedia projects, and to develop programs which will improve editors' work on the project and work towards addressing the gender gap on Marathi Wikipedia. Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! Regards, Kirill Lokshin Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognit… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marathi_Wikimedians

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year

by Lane Rasberry

Congratulations. I am excited especially for the "Bibliographical data on Wikidata" part, where my university and many other universities around the world will join you in collaboration. I expect that what Wikimedia Sverige does in this space will set global precedent for how everyone in research publishes and shares research. This is very good news and I will look for an opportunity to collaborate in research and Wikidata content curation. On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:12 AM Stacy Allison-Cassin <sacassin(a)yorku.ca> wrote: > To echo everyone else, congratulations! These projects sound amazing and > I'm really looking forward to the results. > Stacy > > Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand. > > Associate Librarian > > York University Libraries > > > *York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional territory of > many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by > the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, > and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge > the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. > This territory is subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, > an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.* > ------------------------------ > *From:* Wikidata <wikidata-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of John > Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:31 AM > *To:* wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org; > cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch; wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org > *Subject:* [Wikidata] Wikimedia Sverige receives a total of USD 500, 000+ > in funding for three new projects, and a cost reduction of USD 30, 000/year > > > Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be the recipient of three new grants > totaling around USD 500,000. We hope to work with many of you as part of > these projects. If you are interested in getting involved or receiving > updates please let me know. > > Furthermore, the chapter also has a new heavily subsidized agreement for > our office space. > > Project 1: Wikispeech – The Speech Data Collector > > The first project is a continuation of the Wikispeech[1] project, a > text-to-speech (TTS) system that converts written text into speech. From > September 2019 to April 2021 we aim to finalize building the MediaWiki > extension and to build tools to collect speech data to add pronunciations > to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikidata and to add more languages to the > text-to-speech solution. The tools should also be possible to use for oral > citations. > > The work happens in partnership with the Royal Technical Institute, STTS > (a language processing company), Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland > and the Swedish Dyslexia Association. > > As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikispeech_–_Talresursinsamlaren_2019… > > Project 2: Wikipedia in Libraries > > From 2019 to 2020 Wikimedia Sverige, together with the National Library of > Sweden, will develop an online training module for Swedish librarians > focused around free knowledge and the Wikimedia platforms. This will be a > mandatory training for all of Sweden's 5,000 public librarians. Our hope is > to give all of them a basic understanding of the Wikimedia projects, as > well as to complement the online training with advanced courses for the > most dedicated. The advanced courses will give them the tools to ongoingly > organize activities and events independently at their libraries across the > country. > > Furthermore, the librarians will be engaged in the #1Lib1Ref and > FindingGLAMs campaigns. > > There is a great potential to receive continuous funding over the coming 3 > years if successful. > > As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in Swedish): > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Wikipedia_i_biblioteken_2019/Ansökan > > Project 3: Bibliographical data on Wikidata > > We continue our work to include bibliographical data on Wikidata. The > project details are still being negotiated with the funder. The project > will start in mid-2019 and last until 2020. > > Cost reduction > > Starting from March 2019 we have a new agreement in place for a heavily > subsidized coworking space office from the Swedish Internet Foundation. > Through the agreement we will save us around USD 30,000 per year compared > to when we had an office of our own. > > We have received this generous subsidy because Wikipedia is considered so > important for the infrastructure of the Internet. We are very happy that > the agreement does not have an end date and that we have the possibility to > grow significantly over time as well (while keeping the generous subsidy). > > Please contact John Andersson (john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se) if you have > any questions. > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikispeech > > Best, > > John > > - - - - > > John Andersson > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Sverige > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se > > Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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WikidataCon application, program submission and scholarship processes are now open

by Léa Lacroix

Hello all, As you may know, the *WikidataCon 2019 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019>* will take place on October 25th-26th 2019 in Berlin. The conference will host 250 people from the Wikidata community, but also the emerging Wikibase community, as well as partners, organizations and companies the organizations who may be interested in *using Wikidata and Wikibase*, or contributing in various ways to the evolution of Wikidata. The event will be focused on networking and strategic discussions around Wikidata and Wikibase, with a special focus on *languages and Wikidata*. Because the number of seats is limited and in order to make sure that the access to the conference is fair, we decided to set up a selection process. People who wish to attend the conference can now apply by filling in the application form <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Apply>. A committee equally composed of volunteers and staff will evaluate the applications against criteria that are already published onwiki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend>. This application form aims to gather all of the useful information at once, that’s why it also contains the program submissions (limited to 3 per person) and the scholarship application if needed. You can find more information about the content of the form on this page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Apply>. Part of the attendees will be also invited directly by the organizing team, based on the connections we want to build with organizations during this conference, and the input they can bring to Wikidata’s strategy. The deadline to fill out the application form is April 26th. No application can be considered after this date. Over the following month, the committee will evaluate the applications, and the applicants will receive an answer latest on June 12th. Here are a few tips to help you prepare your application: - Read the description of the conference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019> and the page describing the process and the criteria <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend> carefully. - Plan 20 to 30 minutes to fill out the form. - Don’t do it at the last minute :) it will be less stressful for you, as well as for the committee. - Prepare all your program submissions, as they will be requested in the same form (no submission can be done later). On this page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Program> you can check the formats and questions. - Read the Friendly Space Policy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Policy> that will apply to the entire event. - Look at the visa information <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019/Attend/Visa> to check if you need a visa to Germany and what actions you need to take. You can find a lot of information regarding the conference on Wikidata:WikidataCon 2019 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019>. If you have any question or issue, feel free to share it on the talk page onwiki or to reach the organizing team at info(a)wikidatacon.org Finally, feel free to share this message with your local community, networks, or projects you’re working in! We want to make sure that everyone who’s involved in Wikidata or Wikibase has a chance to apply. We're looking forward to receiving your applications! Thanks for your attention, -- Léa Lacroix Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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Picture of the Year 2018: The results are in!

by Steinsplitter Wiki

Dear Wikimedians, The 2018 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files. * In the first round, there were 963 candidate images. * In the second round, people voted for the 57 finalists (the R1 top 30 overall and top 2 in each category). In the second round – the “three votes” was used – eligible users could vote for up to 3 finalists – each of these 3 votes counted equal. There were 2983 people who voted in R1 and 3496 who voted in round R2. We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content: 1. 439 people voted for the winner, File:Evolution of a Tornado.jpg<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evolution_of_a_Tornado.jpg>. 2. In second place, 361 people voted for File:FCAB EMD GT22CU-3 San Pedro - Ascotan.jpg<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FCAB_EMD_GT22CU-3_San_Pedro_-_Ascot…>. 3. In third place, 356 people voted for File:Frostedbubble2.jpg<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frostedbubble2.jpg>. Click here to view the top images »<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_th…> We also sincerely thank to all voters for participating. We invite you to continue to participate in the Wikimedia Commons community by sharing your work<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard>. Thanks, the Picture of the Year committee<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2018/Committ…> ----- Read E-Mail as HTML: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2018/Results…

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[Wikimedia Announcements] Annual Plan Mid-Year Report 2018-2019

by Janeen Uzzell

Hello Everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to present our *Annual Plan Mid-Year report for 2018-19* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/…>, published on Meta-Wiki. The mid-year report represents the halfway point of our progress against the goals we set out in the Annual Plan, it describes actions and measurable goals for each of our 3 priorities in the Annual Plan, the status of each of the proposed actions and what results we have achieved against the measurable goals. *If you have any questions on the content of the report, please leave us a note on the talk page. * We would like to extend our appreciation to all of our teams for their hard work through the first half of this fiscal year. Also, thank you to the *staff and community members* for your input and support as we continue to improve our planning and reporting practices. Thank you, -- ------------------------------ *Janeen Uzzell* Chief Operating Officer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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