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Annual Report for Wikimedia User Group Turkey
by Basak Tosun 12 Dec '20

12 Dec '20

Thank you for the question! During the year our user group activities were focused on only increasing contributions to Wikipedia. In 2021 we might work on Wikisource as well; particularly Turkish Language Association was interested in taking part in projects related to Wikisource, they have expressed that WikiSource is one of the projects they benefited most in their work. We also want to encourage high school students to contribute to Wikisource, during the year we had events only in universities, we have met with a small group of highschool students to talk about ways of contributing projects for the first time today :) It was great! -Best, Basak Satdeep Gill <satdeepgill(a)gmail.com>, 11 Ara 2020 Cum, 01:59 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > Thanks for so much for sharing this Başak. It's lovely to read about all > the amazing activities that the UG did in this year. > > I am particularly interested in Wikisource. So, what's happening on > Turkish Wikisource? > > Best > Satdeep >

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[Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: November 2020
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue XI, Volume X – November 2020* ------------------------------ AfLIA Wikipedia in African Libraries report: Launch of Wikipedia in African Libraries Project Pilot Cohort http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/A… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Brazil report: Accessibility through audio descriptions, GLAM tutorials, WikidataCon 2021 and more updates on Brazilian GLAMs http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/B… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Canada report: Taking a tour of CAPACOA workshops and some recent example sets from commons http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/C… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Germany report: German symphony orchestra releases audio samples under free license http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/G… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> India report: Re-licensing of content on water & rivers in India http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/I… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Indonesia report: #WikiSejarah WPWP Campaign http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/I… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Netherlands report: Wikipedia and Education, Funding granted for two projects in 2021, KB completes collection highlights project http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/N… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Serbia report: GLAM in Serbia makes important steps in the digitization of cultural heritage http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/S… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Spain report: Edit-a-thons on women scientists and painters http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/S… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Sweden report: Music, UNESCO and Wikidata http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/S… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> UK report: Hundreds of Khalili images http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/U… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> USA report: Black Lunch Table & Museum Computer Network http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/U… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> Calendar: December's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/E… <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Contents/…> ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About> Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Single <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2020/Single> Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM <https://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM> Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom> -- Romaine For the *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter _______________________________________________ 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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Annual Report for Wikimedia User Group Turkey
by Basak Tosun 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Hi All! The Annual report for Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey (WMTR) is available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Turkey/Repor… This was the first year after the lifting of the Wikipedia block in Turkey. We are so happy to have free access to Wikipedia and proud to share our report. Thank you everyone who supported us during the block and after the lifting of it. Best regards, Başak Tosun

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Wikipedians of Goa User Group....
by Frederick Noronha 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Dear all: Our annual report is here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedians_of_Goa_User_Group#2020_updates It's our first year as an affiliate, and liking it. 2020 updates[edit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedians_of_Goa_User_Group&…> ] Despite the pandemic, the year has been marked by quite a bit of activity and some new welcome initiatives too. 2020 also marks the first year since the Wikipedians of Goa User Group was approved, in mid-2019. We have seen growth of the Wikipedia visibility in Goa and growth of Goa's visibility on the Wikipedia. We hope that this trend can be sustained and see further growth. Some initiatives from the last year or so: - The Discoverer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Discoverer>, Isidore Dantas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Isidore_Dantas1&action=ed…> , Konknni Mogi <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Konknni_mogi24&action=edi…> and other volunteers have been working assiduously on the Konkani Wiktionary project, which aims at building an open and sharable Konkani dictionary in cyberspace. A Wiktionary workshop and meet-ups were held at St. Xavier's College, Mapusa in May and December 2019. Since they had been meeting their monthly targets in the incubator to keep the project current, the Language Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation approved the project on 27 March 2020. The Konkani Wiktionary moved to its newly-created site <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gom:> on 21 May 2020. The Wiktionary has over 2300 entries as of November 2020. Congratulations! - SerTanmay <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SerTanmay&action=edit&red…> , YourTara <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:YourTara&action=edit&redl…>, Julius and team have launched and started the *Wikipedia Weekends* initiative on WhatsApp. This is a small group (currently about 14 members) of coordinators, planners and active networkers who plan and undertake activities of interest to wider groups and individuals in Goa. - On October 17, 2020, the *Wikipedia Weekends* organised an hour-long Google Meet event focussing on Wikimedia Commons and the hows, whys of sharing content there. Some 26 interested members participated and stayed with the event through much of it. We are hoping this will result in more relevant photographs being shared on and from Goa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goa&action=edit&redlink=1>. - On October 18, 2020 (Sunday), another *Wikipedia Weekend* event was held online, focusing on editing the Wikipedia. Over two dozen enthusiastic participants took part. - Fredericknoronha <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fredericknoronha>'s contribution was acknowledged with his selection as the Wikipedia Editor of the Week recognition on March 29, 2020. - To build wider relevance about Goa on the Wikipedia, and greater interest in Goa for the Wikipedia two initiatives were built offering ambitious overviews related to the world of w:music <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/music> and w:animal rights <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/animal_rights> respectively. These are: List of bands in Goa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_from_Goa> and Animal welfare and rights in Goa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_welfare_and_rights_in_Goa> It is thought that these issues would not only highlight issues important to the region of Goa, but also promote more Wikipedia-awareness in Goa itself. - To promote the relevance of the Wikipedia at the grassroots in Goa, a collaborative project is being undertaken to build and promote Wikipedia pages for every village in Goa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Villages_in_Goa>. This will mean creating (or improving) for some 340+ villages here. Fredericknoronha has undertaken to take responsibility for the villages of the sub-district ( *taluka*) of w:Bardez <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardez>, and currently about seven out of 43 villages are remaining to be created. - <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Joe_Biden.png> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Joe_Biden.png> President Joe Biden by AngFerrao WGUG has been encouraging photo enthusiasts, artists and other creative persons to share photos and other material via the Wikimedia Commons. Alongside is a digital artwork by AngFerrao, a Goan artist, caricaturist and cartoonist, who shared her sketch of newly-elected w:President Joe Biden <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Joe_Biden>. - Goan expat artist Dom Martin has also donated a <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sita_Valles_by_Dom_Martin.jpg> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sita_Valles_by_Dom_Martin.jpg> Sita Valles by Dom Martin copyright-free sketch on Sita Valles, a locally little-known Goan figure until an entry from the Portuguese Wikipedia got translated into English and her very unusual story got a lot of attention here. - Keeping in mind Goa's multilingualism, efforts are being made to work among different language groups. Besides English and Konkani, the Wikipedia in Marathi, Portuguese and other languages is also relevant to readers in Goa, and this has been kept in mind. Potential contributors to different language groups are invited for events here, while online interaction is conducted with the PT (Portuguese) Wikipedia members through email and also a couple of their groups on Telegram. - Newer Wikipedians have been encouraged to feel at home by encouraging them to work on themes and topics which they feel strongly about. Some such initiatives have resulted in the significant improvement of pages devoted to villages such as w:Raia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raia> and w:Nachinola <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachinola>, both prominent villages in Goa, undertaken by LaughingJoe and Sharbelle, respectively. - Appeals were publicly made via Facebook and other digital fora in the case of Raia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raia&action=edit&redlink=1> for the sharing of photographs related to the area. This not only build greater awareness about the work done by the Wikipedia locally, but actually led to the contribution of a number of suitable photographs, which have also been used on the relevant page. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipidiecho_Tinto.jpg> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipidiecho_Tinto.jpg> Wikipidiecho Tinto, community page for the Konkani Wikipedia - There is an acute yet challenging need to promote the Konkani Wikipedia http://gom.wikipedia.org <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gom:> which has been facing difficulties due to a lack of sufficient volunteers, and a possible gap between techies and language experts. It is hoped that the overall attempts in promoting Goa-related content could also promote some growth in the Konkani Wikipedia, though more clearly needs to be done on this front. - Efforts have also been underway to build visibility for the Wikipedia, and its approach of creating shareable knowledge, within the Goa region. YourTara <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:YourTara&action=edit&redl…> has helped take the message to the media through timely press releases and updates. The newspapers have also shown an interest in understanding initiatives undertaken by the WGUG to build a better Goa presence on the Wikipedia. - One issue we sometimes face is a difficulty in convincing some English Wikipedia administrators about the importance of Goa-related issues which we see as important. Being a small society, which has long lacked an active media and online media (except more recently), finding suitable citations even for locally-important issues and institutions or individuals can be a challenge. - Efforts were made to encourage people to contribute to the Wikipedia fundraising drive. For WGUG Fredericknoronha

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You are invited to a global virtual celebration for Wikipedia’s 20th birthday!
by Nadee Gunasena 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Hi all, As many of you know, Wikipedia is celebrating a big milestone next month with the 20th birthday on January 15th, 2021. In honor of the birthday, we will be hosting a virtual birthday party for the global communities on January 15th from 4-5 pm UTC (check out your local time [1])! Please join us on a Youtube livestream [2] where we will celebrate all of the volunteers and community members who have built this movement over the last 20 years. This celebration will include remarks from community members about how they have seen the movement grow over the 20 years and their wishes for the future, as well as from Jimmy Wales and Katherine Maher. We’d also love to hear from all of you! This celebration is a chance for us to come together and to recognize the people behind our projects that make this all possible. We’ll be highlighting community milestones and achievements over the past year. Tell us what you’ve been working on, and big moments you’d like to call out from the past year! You can share details on the Meta page for the 20th virtual birthday party [3] and we’ll include those during the virtual event. We’ll also be sharing more details soon about other ways to participate. This virtual birthday party is just one of many activities that are being planned around the movement for the 20th birthday. You can check out the Wikipedia 20 birthday hub [4] to learn more about local and regional events, birthday images, media activities and other resources for community celebrations. If you have any questions, you can also reach the Wikimedia Foundation’s 20th birthday committee at wikipedia20(a)wikimedia.org. We are looking forward to celebrating with you! Thank you on behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Nadee Gunasena Communications Wikimedia Foundation [1] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Wikipedia+20+Cele… [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGAGfSObOw&feature=youtu.be [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20/Global_event [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20 -- *Nadee Gunasena* Executive Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ᐧ

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Save the date! Coolest Tool Award 2020: December 11th, 17:00 UTC
by Joaquin Oltra Hernandez 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Hi Everyone! The second edition of the Coolest Tool Award <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award> will happen online on Friday 11 December 2020 at 17:00 UTC[^1]. The awarded tools will be showcased in a virtual event, with broadcasted video and chat channels for socializing. We will send more details soon. Save the date, and join us celebrating the great work volunteer developers do for the Wikimedia communities. We hope to see you there! Joaquin, for the Coolest Tool Academy 2020 [^1]: 17:00 UTC is 9:00 PST, 18:00 CEST, 22:30 IST. More timezones in timeanddate.com <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201211T17> -- Joaquin Oltra Hernandez Developer Advocate - Wikimedia Foundation

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Trees and Wikimedia
by Gerard Meijssen 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Hoi, Wikimedia is now associated with a project where trees are planted. In many ways the notion of planting new trees is great. However, very often it is not. In Europe grazers are actively introduced to prevent shrubs and trees from growing. Reasons for this abound. The first is that it helps biodiversity. Second, trees often create a fire risk. Third, when trees are in the seed bank, you do not have to plant them, they will grow when they are left alone to grow. When they are not in the local seed bank, trophic rewilding will introduce the species that distribute seeds and/or you can plant trees as a starter for a seed bank. When you really really want to make a difference, you protect marshes, prevent peat from burning or being exploited. You can prevent water rushing to sea by introducing leaky weirs/beavers and adding swales to prevent water to rush downstream. There is plenty of literature to be found on these subject in Wikidata. For Wikipedia there is a recent template that links a reference in a Wikipedia article to the item for the paper in Wikidata. When you really care to understand a paper, you use the Scholia for a paper to learn more about what the publication is about.. Yes, more effort to expose scientific papers would be cool. This [1] is an example of a paper I am working on at the moment. Thanks, GerardM [1] https://scholia.toolforge.org/work/Q51696994

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GLAM-Wiki job opportunity: Data Specialist for Visual Arts and Women’s History
by Snyder, Sara 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Dear Wikimedians, I am writing to share a unique GLAM-Wiki job opportunity at the Smithsonian Institution in the U.S. for a Data Specialist for Visual Arts and Women’s History. It is a three-year term, FT position that can be performed 100% remotely. JOIN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND HELP TO ADVANCE WOMEN’S HISTORY RESEARCH Applications due by Friday, December 18, 2020 The Smithsonian Institution is seeking a metadata expert and digital project coordinator with an interest in advancing women’s history research. The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and American Women’s History Initiative (AWHI) are offering a position for a Data Specialist to provide coordination and support for the use of digitized art and art-related collections data with the goal of advancing women’s history research at the Smithsonian and around the world. The incumbent will coordinate, develop, and manage the sharing of digital collections data and metadata about women in the Smithsonian museums and research units, working collaboratively with AWHI and museum staff, and supporting interchange with third-party platforms and communities such as Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects. See details and apply at https://americanart.si.edu/about/careers/job-data-specialist. Questions may be sent to SAAM-data-job(a)si.edu. Best, Sara

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Community Resilience & Sustainability office hour
by Maggie Dennis 10 Dec '20

10 Dec '20

Hello, all. :) My name is Maggie Dennis. I am the Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability,[1] and I am hosting another Community Resilience & Sustainability Office Hour on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 20:00 UTC. I work directly under the General Counsel of the Wikimedia Foundation, Amanda Keton, who hopes to join us as well. Topics within scope for this call include Trust and Safety (and the Universal Code of Conduct, with a second phase launching in January), Community Development, and Human Rights. This is not a presentation; it is an open invitation to come with your questions or feedback and talk! The meeting will be on December 10 at 20:00 UTC — see https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1607630459 for your local time. This call will be streamed and available on demand at https://youtu.be/oyEYwjio72c We will host this office hour on Zoom, taking questions from the Zoom chat, Telegram, IRC, and YouTube, as well as collecting them in advance over email.[2] We will be taking notes to go alongside the video recording. I will be fielding questions from Wikimedians in good standing (that is, not Foundation or community banned) and will follow up with anything I can't get to during the meeting in writing after the call. The caveats from before remain in place, which I will repeat for convenience: - I can't and won't discuss specific Trust & Safety cases. Instead, I can discuss Trust & Safety protocols and practices and approaches. - I can talk civilly about our work even if you disagree with me or I disagree with you. I will not respond to comments or questions that are disrespectful to me, to my colleagues, or to anyone in our communities. I won't compromise on this. You can read the notes from our two previous calls here (June 2020) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2020-06-04>[3] and here (October 2020) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2020-10-15> .[4] I hope to see you there. Best, Maggie [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resilience_and_Sustainability [2] Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/DOlGIB1FRLUWqW9iB3qfTQ; IRC: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate; email questions to answers(a)wikimedia.org with "Office hours" in the subject line. We have a limited number of spaces in the actual Zoom call. If you want to participate verbally, please ask for the link at answers(a)wikimedia.org, at least an hour in advance of the meeting's start (please use "Office hour" as the subject line). [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2020-06-04 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2020-10-15 -- Maggie Dennis Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Community Wishlist Survey 2021
by Szymon Grabarczuk 10 Dec '20

10 Dec '20

We invite all registered users to vote on the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey[1]. You can vote until 21 December for as many different wishes as you want. In the Survey, wishes for new and improved tools for experienced editors are collected. After the voting, we will do our best to grant your wishes. We will start with the most popular ones. We, the Community Tech[2], are one of the Wikimedia Foundation[3] teams. We create and improve editing and wiki moderation tools. What we work on is decided based on results of the Community Wishlist Survey. Once a year, you can submit wishes. After two weeks, you can vote on the ones that you're most interested in. Next, we choose wishes from the survey to work on. Some of the wishes may be granted by volunteer developers or other teams. We are waiting for your votes. Thank you! [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Wishlist_Surve… [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Community_Tech [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation Kind regards, Szymon Grabarczuk (he/him) Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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