Greetings from CIS-A2K,
I am writing this email to inform you about the Wikimedia Education SAARC
conference which is going to be organised at Christ University on 20-22
June 2019. The CIS-A2K team has been working with the language department
of Christ University and other institutions to enrich the content of Indic
Wikimedia projects with the help of students.
Wikimedia Education SAARC conference will be the first of its kind
conference in SAARC countries which will engage students, education program
leaders, educators and researchers engaged with Open Education and free
knowledge movement. This conference will allow us to understand the
different efforts made by the communities involved in the Wikimedia
Education movement.
We're thankful to Christ University for helping us to the host the event,
for more details and further updates, Please have a look at this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Education_SAARC_conference>[1].
[1]. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Education_SAARC_conference
Thanks and Regards,
*ANANTH SUBRAY P V*
MSc Candidate at CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Programme Associate at The Centre for Internet & Society
<https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k>
Secretary of Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>
Co-founder of Lakshya
<https://www.facebook.com/lakshyaforchange/?eid=ARDO9f7NCVPHN1bsF2mChlPDM4qS…>
+91-9739811664
Dear Wikimedians,
We are happy to announce that the 2018 Picture of the Year
competition is now open. This is the thirteenth edition of POTY.
Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured
on Commons (FP) during the year 2018, to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the
international Wikimedia Commons community. From professional animal and plant
shots to breathtaking panoramas and historically relevant images, Commons
features pictures of all flavors.
For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two
rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many
images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten
overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited
number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want
to become the Picture of the Year.
Users must vote with an account meeting following requirements: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2018/Rules
To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2018 page on Wikimedia
Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2018
Round ends on 17 February 2019, 23:59:59 [UTC].
Thanks,
POTY 2018 committee
Hello colleagues,
*Overview*
A video tutorial for creating references on Wikipedia with VisualEditor is
in development for English Wikipedia and possibly also for Spanish
Wikipedia. Publication is likely to happen in March 2019. If this tutorial
is well received then additional tutorials may follow.
If you would like to receive notifications regarding the availability of
draft or finished tutorial products, or to learn additional information,
then please continue reading below.
*How can I request notifications for when drafts or finished products are
ready for review?*
If you would like to receive a notice when a draft or finished product is
ready for public review then I invite you to go to the the project talk
page and follow the link to the newsletter subscription page [1]. During
the development of this single tutorial the newsletters are likely to be
short. I am likely to send approximately 3 to 6 notifications to
subscribers between now and the end of this mini-project.
(The reason that I am not including a link to the newsletter's subscription
page directly in this email is that I may change the name of the newsletter
in the future, and I prefer to minimize any potential confusion and the
number of redirect pages, so I think that including a link from this email
to the talk page is preferable because the location of the talk page is
likely to remain stable.)
*Background information*
Some of you may remember the project that was originally named LearnWiki
[2]. For various painful reasons that project was not completed within the
original schedule and budget. However, I continue to believe that video
tutorials Wikimedia projects could be very useful for new contributors, and
also for helpers who could use the videos to demonstrate concepts to new
contributors. I think of this project as being a pilot iteration for
"LearnWiki version 2.0", or maybe "LearnWiki 2.0 beta 1", with a major
change between this effort and the original LearnWiki project being how the
project is executed. The goal for this tutorial remains aligned with the
original vision for LearnWiki. I believe that I know more about project
management than I did when I attempted LearnWiki version 1.0.
WMF approved a rapid grant for me to develop a single tutorial module [3]
regarding creating Wikipedia references with VisualEditor. This tutorial is
in development, I and I plan to publish the finalized script and video in
March 2019. Depending on the amount of remaining funds after development of
the English version of this tutorial and on whether WMF agrees, in addition
to an English version of the tutorial I may also produce a Spanish version
within the budget of the current rapid grant. Additional translations or
derivative versions would be welcome from anyone who would like to create
them.
If this first tutorial is well received then I may request funding for
additional tutorials.
Within the next few days I plan to publish the first complete draft of the
script for the referencing tutorial. I will place a link to that draft on
the project talk page [1], and I am likely to create links from the same
talk page to further drafts and additional tutorial products. If you would
like to receive project updates then please watch the talk page and/or
subscribe to the newsletter.
I welcome any comments or questions that you have, either on a mailing list
or on the project talk page [1].
Yours in service,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/Rapid/Pine/Continuation…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Motivational_and_educational_vid…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Pine/Continuation_of_e…
Dear all,
I just wanted to share that the Role & Responsibilities Strategy Working
Group has just published a summary of perspectives on existing movement
governance and structures:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
This document is based on c.25 in-depth interviews we in the working group
have performed with people with varied roles in and perspectives on the
movement as it stands. The aim has been for us as a group to understand
what different people in different parts of the movement think and feel
about movement structures as they stand. Just to be clear, we have not
weighted / prioritised the issues raised at present, just described them. :)
Your comments and views are very welcome on the Talk page - especially if
you have a view or perspective that you do not see represented in the
document. We will certainly read all those comments and incorporate them in
our thinking. However there will also be much more news and consultation
coming from the movement strategy core team in coming weeks, in the lead-up
to the Wikimedia summit.
Thank you to everyone who helped us by agreeing to share their views in
this process to date, and happy reading!
Yours,
Chris Keating
on behalf of the Roles & Responsibilities Working Group
Hi folks,
In the latest round of Project Grants, the committee has recommended 20
projects for a total of approximately $678,666 USD in funding. We received
42 proposals for review, the largest round of proposals we’ve received in a
single round. Please join me in congratulating the applicants! I’d also
like to express my thanks to all applicants this round for their hard work
and engagement with their proposals, and to the Project Grants Committee
for their careful diligence in reviewing and providing crucial feedback
during this round. Without further ado, here’s what we’re funding:[1]
==Software: five projects funded==* Commons Android app v3: This third
version of the Commons mobile uploader app aims to increase app stability,
improve a recommendations feature for nearby places, maintain a limited
connectivity mode, and provide better outreach to underrepresented
communities. [2]
* Scribe: Scribe is an editing tool to support underserved Wikipedia
editors, helping them to plan the structure of their new articles and to
find references in their language.[3]
* Culture Gap Monthly Monitoring: The Wikipedia Cultural Diversity
Observatory (WCDO) proposes a set of solutions to regularly assist
communities and individual editors to increase the cultural diversity in
their language editions’ content.[4].
* GlobalFactSyncRE: GlobalFactSyncRE will extract all infobox facts and
their references to produce a tool for Wikipedia editors that detects and
displays differences across infobox facts in an intelligent way to help
sync infoboxes between languages and/or Wikidata. The extracted references
will also be used to enhance Wikidata.[5]
* Wikidata & ETL: This project aims at improving management and increasing
automation of processes loading data into Wikidata, and proposes a tool as
a platform for creation of repeatable processes for bulk loading data into
Wikidata and other Wikibase instances from various data sources.[6]
==Online organizing: four projects funded==* Wiki Loves Monuments
international team/2019 coordination: The international coordination team
for Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) [7] proposes to strengthen the foundation
for healthy and sustainable WLM competitions across the world. In this
grant, the team will focus considerable effort on increasing the
sustainability of these events by addressing known issues around developing
best practices, resourcing local teams to run successful events, and
adapting to mobile engagement.[8]
* CEE Spring 2019: This annual international article writing contest generates
content from every country and region in Central and Eastern Europe on 30+
Wikipedias. CEE Spring’s remarkable community spirit plays a central role
in fostering a thriving, collaborative volunteer base in the region. The
grant will continue incentivizing content creation focused on similar
themes from last year, including closing the gender gap, and expanding
minority language Wikipedias, and showcasing the cultural heritage of
Central and Eastern Europe. [9]
* WM HU/Editor retention program: This grant will fund the editor retention
program in the Hungarian Wikipedia. The project helps the Hungarian
Wikipedia community in decreasing the negative experiences and
strengthening the positive experiences of the contributors; improving the
community atmosphere and strengthening the community cohesion, the
Wikipedia identity, the sense of mission and pride in Wikipedia.[10]
* VisibleWikiWomen2019: Whose Knowledge?, in partnership with Wikimedians
and women’s and feminist organizations around the world, is organizing a
campaign to add more diverse and quality images of women to Commons and
Wikipedia throughout March 2019 to celebrate International Women’s Month.
This year, the organization plans to take what they have learned from 2018
#VisibleWikiWomen and grow the campaign, creating more materials and
connections that will be useful for this year’s campaign and many more
years to come.[11]
==Offline outreach: ten projects funded==* Smithsonian
Wikimedian-in-Residence for Gender Representation: This project will
establish a Wikimedian-in-Residence for the Smithsonian Women's History
Initiative, and increase the representation of women on Wikimedia projects,
and seek ongoing support for a permanent Wikimedian-in-Residence at the
institution.[12]
* Action Plan for Wikipedia + Libraries Training in Mexico: OCLC will
investigate the viability of and approach to a Wikipedia+Libraries training
program for library staff in Mexico, to leverage the libraries in support
of the Wikimedia Foundation’s New Readers initiative. This project will
identify a Mexico-based organization that would lead the training, develop
an advisory group, and produce an action plan for how to design and deliver
the training.[13]
* Offline Wikipedia in Senegal Schools: The problem this project plans to
address is the absence of an easy, rapid and reliable way to access the
treasure-trove of information contained in Wikipedia. The Offline Wikipedia
in Senegal Schools project is a Train the Trainers project: trainers will
attend a seminar teaching them about offline Wikipedia the Kiwix program.
They will then go out to remote schools in and in turn run a seminar
presenting Kiwix to the teachers. This seminar will be part of the
certification process.[14]
* Heritage GLAM: This project will focus on growing successful GLAM
partnerships with government institutes, capacity building and documenting
rare archives, books and artwork of historical and cultural importance to
North India with no or little online presence via our project Wiki Loves
Heritage. A part of the project will also be focused on integration of
content with Wikisource and Wikipedia.[15]
* Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO 2019-2020: Past engagement with UNESCO
has demonstrated that working with Wikipedia to share knowledge allows
UNESCO to reach a far wider public with detailed information that
traditional report publication. The applicants have prepared a roadmap to
mass adoption of open licensing and sharing of content on Wikimedia
projects across the UN. By the end of this grant in early 2020, the project
will result in policies, documentation and processes in place to share
knowledge from across the UN on Wikimedia projects. [16]
* Wiki Loves Africa 2019: Funding for this project will support prize
distribution efforts associated with local contests supported by Wiki Loves
Africa 2019, an annual public contest where people across Africa can
contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to
Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.[17]
* Wiki Kouman 2019 en Côte d'Ivoire (Local langua in Côte d'Ivoire): The
aim of the WikiKouman project is to increase the visibility and content of
Côte d'Ivoire’s local languages through the Wiktionary and other related
projects. WikiKouman derives its etymology from Dioula, one of the local
languages, in which "Kouman" means "to speak"[18]
* History of Quebec and French-speaking North America: This
Wikimedian-in-Residence project with the Fondation Lionel-Groulx (FLG) aims
to build and support the community of individuals and organizations
interested in developing and improving wikimedia contents pertaining to the
history of Quebec and French-speaking North America.[19]
* Wikipedia Women and Ancestral Knowledge from the Global South in the
Colombian context: In collaboration with Centro de Internet y Sociedad
Universidad (ISUR), this project is aimed at supporting indigenous
communities in Colombia to participate on Wikipedia and enhance the
participation of women through promotion of digital skills and article
development on multiple Wikipedia projects to represent their knowledge.[20]
* Editathons in Pistoia district: The project centers on an edit-a-thon
series in the Pistoia district of Italy. This grant is a way to get a
complete deep-level coverage and to develop a model for localized work for
other regions in Italy.[21]
==Research: one project funded==
* Machine Learning to Predict Wikimedia User Blocks: This project will
involve investigating user misconduct on English Wikipedia using machine
learning techniques to better understand and predict what circumstances
lead to user blocks. [22]
With thanks,
Chris Schilling
1. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>
2. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Commons_app/Commons_Android_…
>
3. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Scribe:_Supporting_Under-res…
>
4. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WCDO/Culture_Gap_Monthly_Mon…
>
5. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/DBpedia/GlobalFactSyncRE>
6. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/MFFUK/Wikidata_%26_ETL>
7. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_interna…
>
8. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments>
9. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedians_of_CEE/CEE_Sprin…
>
10. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WM_HU/Editor_retention_progr…
>
11. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Whose_Knowledge/VisibleWikiW…
>
12. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Effie_Kapsalis/Smithsonian_W…
>
13. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/OCLC/Action_Plan_for_Wikiped…
>
14. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Offline_Wikipedia_in_Senegal…
>
15. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikilover90/Heritage_GLAM>
16. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UNESCO/Wikimedian_in_Residen…
>
17. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Yorg/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2019>
18. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Modjou/Wiki_Kouman_2019_en_C…
>
19. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/History_of_Quebec_and_French…
>
20. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ISUR/Wikipedia_women_and_anc…
>
21. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Editathons_in_Pistoia_distri…
>
22. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/University_of_Virginia/Machi…
>
Chris "Jethro" Schilling
I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
He/His/Their
Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
Dear fellow Wikimedians,
We have some “hot off the press” updates from the Movement Strategy Process
Wikimedia 2030:
== What are the working groups currently doing? ==
Members of the nine working groups
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…>[1]
are busy analyzing their thematic area, exploring how it could evolve by
2030 and finalizing their set of guiding questions. The answers to these
questions will form the basis of recommendations for structural changes
that will enable the movement to successfully and strongly advance in in
our Strategic Direction.
The groups are working in the area of Advocacy, Capacity Building,
Community Health, Diversity, Partnerships, Product and Technology, Resource
Allocation, Revenue Streams, as well as Roles and Responsibilities. Each
group is looking to have a first draft of their questions ready by the
beginning of March. These drafts will then be refined and reworked in the
run up to the Wikimedia Summit
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2019>[2] at the end
of March.
== A recap of the in-person working groups' meeting in Berlin ==
In February, three working groups (Roles and Responsibilities, Revenue
Streams, and Resource Allocation) met in person
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports…>[3]
at the Wikimedia Deutschland offices in Berlin. They worked (almost)
non-stop for three days, and came out with a set of guiding questions that
they are now refining.
== The Movement Strategy Process at the Wikimedia Summit ==
Our process will take center stage at the Wikimedia Summit
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2019>[2] (March 29 to
31 in Berlin), with representatives from the nine working groups presenting
their work so far and engaging with Affiliates, the Wikimedia Foundation
and its committees on what the next steps will be.
== How can you get involved? Join our community conversation! ==
What are the questions we are seeking answers to? How can the broader
community contribute to the structural changes? Prepare to take part in our
community conversations to find out! This will happen in March on the Meta-Wiki
page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20>[3],
on several language wikis, and also via survey. In this online
conversation, you will be able to offer your insight and feedback on the
guiding questions.
== What’s next? ==
It is all systems go in the Movement Strategy Process. Alongside providing
support to all the working groups, the core team is currently on the search
for Strategy Liaisons
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1478679?gh_src=2a6a8b121>[4]
to act as the point of contact between the Working Groups and the Arabic,
Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese
communities. We are also looking for representatives from organized groups
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/…>[5]
to become liaisons with the strategy process. And we have just added a
Community Relations Specialist to our team, who will work with the
community liaisons and ensure an effective dialogue.
Please reach out to us with any questions or comments you might have.
All the best,
Nicole
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports…
[4] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1478679?gh_src=2a6a8b121
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/…
--
Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Program Manager Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
https://wikimedia.de
Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit
teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hi everyone,
I am glad to announce, on behalf of my peers from Wiki*Franca*, that this
year's edition of the francophone contribution month [1] starts today and
will end on the 31st of March. During that time, 55 workshops will take
place in Belgium, Benin, Cameroun, Canada, the Czech Republic, France,
Guinea, Haiti, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Tchad and Tunisia. A couple
more are likely to join the list as we go.
If you're feeling francophone, don't hesitate to participate or set up your
own event through the discussion page.
Context: The francophone contribution month is an annual event that usually
takes place in March. In 2013, Benoît Rochon launched the first edition
with a handful of other participating countries. It is a project supported
by Wiki*Franca *[2], a cooperating initiative based on a shared language
and similar interests in wikimedia projects.
[1]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Mois_de_la_contribution_2019
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFranca
Best wishes,
*Adélaïde Calais*
*Chargée de projet francophonie et langues minoritaires**+331 42 36 26 24*
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