Wikimedia-l August 2024

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Highlight reel of Wikimedia ESEAP Conference 2024 in Malaysia
by Butch Bustria 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

Hello, Here are the highlights (video report) of the Wikimedia ESEAP Conference happened last May 2024. https://youtu.be/KaOn36oU6K4?si=eLjjEvoc1pYo3Zy0 Enjoy the video. This may inspire your conference planning too. Big thanks to WOTY2023 Taufik Rosman, the entire Wikimedia CUG Malaysia and Organizing Team! Kind regards, Butch Bustria

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Announcing Africa Wiki Challenge (AWC) 2024's winners
by Jael Boateng 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Hello everyone, Following months of thorough and meticulous evaluation by the Africa Wiki Challenge 2024 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2024> jury, we are thrilled to announce the winners of the fourth edition of the annual contest, themed "Educate Africa: Nurturing minds for the 21st century." Congratulations to all the campaign's deserving winners! *Winners* *Overall Winner:* User: DaSupremo First Runner-Up: User: Kalakpagh *Second Runner-Up:* User: Sirjat *Best Female Contributor:* User: The-Efua-Resa Top Uploader on Commons: User: KwameGhana(Bright Kwame Ayisi) The contest, which is organized by Open Foundation West Africa, saw collaborations from organizing groups like the *Wikimedia Community User Group **Uganda, Ghanaian Pidgin Community, Hausa Community Wikimedia Madagascar, Ethiopian User Group, Wikimedia Community Arusha, Wikimedia User Group Benin, Wikimedia Community of Togo, GlobalWikiEducation Initiative(Tanzania) *and others. *1,230 editors *of the campaign contributed to *23,200 existing articles* while *6,830 *new articles were created under the theme. Contributions were made in *14 local languages* all over Africa such as *Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Fante, Twi, Dagbani, Frafraha, Ghanaian Pidgin, Gurene, **Kinyarwanda and others. * We are deeply appreciative of our international jury team, who worked tirelessly to ensure the winners were accurately identified. International Jury User: Bile_rene - Cameroon *User: **Ridzaina** - *Nigeria User: *Peterkwashie* - Ghana *User: **Husseyn Issa **- *Tanzania *User: **Asamoah Daniel Kwame Oware* *-*Ghana User: *Gwanki* -Nigeria Congratulations once again to all the winners! *Relevant links* Dashboard Link <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/africa_wiki_challenge_2024/…> Landing Page Link <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2024> -- Jael Serwaa Boateng Executive Director Open Foundation West Africa

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A new Signpost issue is out
by Andreas Kolbe 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

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Internet shutdown in Bangladesh
by Farah Jack Mustaklem 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

Dear fellow Wikimedians, Following the violent and deadly repression of student protesters in Bangladesh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement> that has claimed the lives of about 150 people, the Bangladeshi government has shut down the Internet throughout the country. The Internet shutdown began on the 18th of July and remains in place to this day <https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/112830348166788483>. This has affected access to Wikipedia and other sources of free knowledge. Traffic to the Bangla Wikipedia has dropped to less than half the usual rate <https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/bn.wikipedia.org/reading/total-page-views/nor…> . Several organizations of the #KeepItOn coalition (which includes the Wikimedia Foundation) have signed an appeal <https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-restore-internet-during-st…> to the Bangladeshi authorities to restore the Internet. I wish our Wikimedian colleagues a speedy return to their online activities, and most importantly safety in these troubling times. Farah

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Notability - conflicting statements in WP:GNG
by Thad Guidry 10 Aug '24

10 Aug '24

Hello All, Just now, I listened in to the GLAM topic: "How to improve our work on notability? Librarians' case" in the Wikimania 2024 day 3 session. I was shocked to hear of stories where well written articles were rejected because of a so called "single source" conflation. I'd like to remind everyone and also point out that there's unclear messaging happening and some administrators using the unclear messaging in the WP:GNG as reasoning for well-written and single source cited articles. This is what I posted in the chat during the session: ---- THAD: It seems like if a good case can be made that an article provides additional structure for another topic that can be crosslinked to an article, AND provide at least 1 source, it should be allowed. I've heard that only a single source is often used to say "not notable enough" for acceptance. But there is indeed this clause in the WP:GNG, that says 1 source is enough: "There is no fixed number of sources required since sources vary in quality and depth of coverage, but multiple sources are generally expected" I encourage any GLAM contributor to bring up that quote. This was solved and agreed upon over 12 years ago. A single source is enough. The problem is that the original clause (which is still there) is overshadowed by a previous sentence at the beginning of the WP:GNG saying: "A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received 'significant coverage' in reliable sources ..." Note it says "significant coverage" in reliable sources. But that is contradictory to the original clause where there is "no fixed number of sources required". In my opinion, the phrase "significant coverage" should be removed from the beginning of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#General_notability_guide… And thereby the original clause brings with it much more clear understanding. ---- What say we? Thad Guidry user: thadguidry

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WikiWomen Lunch today
by Victoria Doronina 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Hello Women+, We have a WikiWomen Lunch today 12.15 - 13.15 in Lviv. Get ready to have some fun! Take part in the first-ever WikiWomen bingo. Grab your plate with lunch and come to join us for networking. -- Kind regards, Victoria Victoria Doronina <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/dr-victoria-doronina/> Trustee Sister Projects Taskforce Lead Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which everyone can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Please help us make it a reality.

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Wikimedia Asia Meetup in Wikimania (Aug 9, Friday)
by Butch Bustria 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Hi Folks, We have a Wikimedia Asia meetup in Wikimania 2024! Friday, 9 August 12:15 – 13:15 local time or 10:15 - 11:15 UTC Belgrade Room 8, ICC, Katowice, Poland Jitsi video meeting link: https://meet.jit.si/Wikimania_2024 Landing page: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Meetups/Wikimedia_Asia_Meetup Kind regards, Butch

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Meetup about Video in Wikimania 2024
by Butch Bustria 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Hi Folks, You are all invited to the Wikimania 2024 meetup about video. Thursday, 8 August 17:00 – 18:00 local time Belgrade Room 8, ICC, Katowice, Poland https://wikimania.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Meetups/Commons_Video_Meetup It is an open room for those who are interested. Kind regards, Butch Bustria

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Greetings Dear Wikimedians, This project is geared towards increasing the visibility of healthcare centres in Nigeria by adding more items and providing their geo-locations on Wikidata. You are hereby invited to join our online training session on 11th August 2024 at 05:00pm via Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86018216864?pwd=TzgMvrzZ4DjOq6PZk7sYCpmTYa3Oej.1) To participate, register on the event page using the link below https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Mapping_out_healthcare_centers_in_Ni
by Abasili Nkemjika Kingsley 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Greetings Dear Wikimedians, This project is geared towards increasing the visibility of healthcare centres in Nigeria by adding more items and providing their geo-locations on Wikidata. You are hereby invited to join our online training session on 11th August 2024 at 05:00pm via Zoom ( https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86018216864?pwd=TzgMvrzZ4DjOq6PZk7sYCpmTYa3Oej.1) To participate, register on the event page using the link below https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event:Mapping_out_healthcare_centers_in_Niger… We look forward to seeing you! Thank you and best regards, Kingsley Nkem FOR: IGBO WIKIMEDIANS USER GROUP

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[WBG] Announcement of Partnership with School of Language and Linguistics, Jadavpur University
by Bodhisattwa 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

Hello, Apologies for cross-posting. We are excited to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is collaborating with the School of Language and Linguistics of the Jadavpur University, Kolkata to add a total of more than 5,000 lexicographical data for 5 endangered languages of West Bengal with varying degrees of vulnerability according to UNESCO scale. These languages are Kharia Thar, Koda, Kurmali, Mahali and Toto. The School will assign 5 post-graduate students in linguistics as Wikimedians-in-residence to upload the said data on Wikidata who will spend 360 man-hours in total within a 3-months deadline. The entire expenditure of this assignment will be borne by the user group from its annual budget granted from the WMF community fund. The process of selection of the students and including the languages into Wikibase is underway. We hope to start the project by the end of this month. Regards, Bodhisattwa (On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)

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