Thanks for picking this challenge up with such enthusiasm!
Lodewijk
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 6:58 AM Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thank you Farhard for sharing out the progress that
you have been making as
a benefit of the Wikipedian of the Year! I look forward to continuing to
support these conversations, and hope that this kind of impact can repeat!
Cheers,
Alex
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Johan Jönsson <jjonsson(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Farkhad,
It's fantastic to see what you're doing with this. Thank you.
//Johan Jönsson
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin <
frhd(a)yandex.com> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Since yesterday all subdomains hosted @
http://tatarstan.ru/ (including
> websites of the
http://president.tatarstan.ru/, the Cabinet
>
http://prav.tatarstan.ru/, ministries/departments, state-owned
> organizations, municipalities and Representative offices of the
Republic
> around Russia and abroad) moved to Creative
Commons Attribution. The
only
> exceptions are those of the First (ex-)
President & the Parliament,
that
already
had their own unique type free licenses (in Russian,
non-standard).
Russian Wikinews requested me to draft an article & my counterparty at
the
Regional Ministry of InfoComm has gladly
approved. I will probably need
to
find time for that today. That was the easy part.
Some context: Russian
President, Executive Branch of the Federal Government, both Chambers of
the
Federal Parliament, etc. are using Creative
Commons Attribution for a
while
> now, thanks to Senior Volunteers efforts of Wikimedia Russia members. I
> just communicated the benefits of this to the Regional (Republic of
> Tatarstan) Deputy Prime-Minister
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Roman_Shaykhutdinov, head of the regional infocomm department & he
> championed it far and wide within his area of responsibility.
>
> I started engaging high-school & university students into helping the
> Infocomm ministry people to learn what is Wikimedia like & how it
works
-
Deputy
Prime-Minister is interested in anything that can benefit
Education,
Heritage Outreach, etc. development in the region
& help in making
culture
> of the Republic better known globally & promote Tatar language use
online
(Wikidata, GLAM, etc.). Another minister I met is excited with examples
of
> Greek school children
https://outreach.wikimedia.
> org/wiki/Education/News/July_2017/A_class_of_26_8-year-old_
> Wikipedia_article_creators & youth in Italy
http://www.rivistabricks.it/
wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BRICKS_4_2017.pdf & other places develop
critical thinking and develop immunity to mass & social media stories
painting the world black & white as they please (stories from any
outlets,
including the BBC or New York Times, have to be
taken with a pinch of
salt
> - there's no unbiased human). In parallel, we are starting a
cooperation
> with private Cambridge International school
in Kazan
>
http://school.balacity.ru/ (the founders & the director know me,
invited
me for
cooperation, key contact person was part of the meeting, I
provided
necessary initial links). I know that our youth
is now inspired to
organize
> a User Group, report on their Spring & Summer efforts at Wikimedia
> Conference Russia this September & take their existing Selet WikiSchool
> project even higher.
https://outreach.wikimedia.
> org/wiki/Education/News/May_2018/Selet_WikiSchool , more stories
coming.
Last night WMF Partnerships agreed to support me in organizing a
videoconference type seminar with best practices in
Education/GLAM/Heritage
promotion/Wikidata/etc. to explain locals about
how great is the
Wikimedia
> movement (something mainly unheard of in Russia, even though Wikipedia
is
actually
used). I would love to have you, my dear international
colleagues,
to find time to connect and give a video talk on
some Use Case
implementation during the upcoming public seminar, organized in
conjunction
> with Tatarstan InfoComm ministry (whenever we get the dates they will
be
> able to gather local crowd in the IT-Park in
downtown Kazan). I will
take
> care of the simultaneous interpretation —
all the necessary equipment
is
> there, so I'll try to find the funding
& qualified people.
>
> In parallel I'll continue working on organizing a short in-person
version
> at WMF Headquarters for the President of the
Republic, if and when we
can
> fit it into his schedule (Tatarstan Deputy
Prime-Minister - Regional
> Minister for InfoComm wanted this to take place during one of the
annual
regional
government delegation visits to California). President
Minnikhanov
> is a co-chair of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia, as
well
> as Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision
Group, so I think we can use
> Jimmy's well-timed pass to score well: spreading Wikimedia movement
> popularity throughout Russia and the Islamic world even further,
helping
in
> unblocking Turkey in the process.
>
> "Imagine the world in which every human is a Wikimedian. That's my
> commitment!"
>
> regards,
> farhad
>
> --
> Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин
http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 /
skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan
09.08.2018, 09:09, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hi Farhad,
Thank you for your generosity with your time as you respond to the
requests
> and new opportunities.
>
> I like Andy's suggestions. Wikimedia Armenia crossed my mind also as
> potentially a good organization to contact for ideas, because I have
the
impression that they have a good (but not excessively close)
relationship
> with their national government, and because they have a very
successful
> Wikipedia Education Program.
>
> Although there seem to be many opportunities for you in the short
term,
> my
> > guess is that you will be unable to take advantage of all of them,
and
that
> some that you try will be more successful than others. That is all
okay.
Please avoid burning yourself out. Hopefully you can work at a pace
that is
> reasonable for you and will lead to long-term successes. Also,
hopefully
you can
find people who want to help you, and have the time and the
skills
> to do so. You might try to contact people that you have met on-wiki
who
> could help you as you consider the
opportunities and how you would
like
> to
> > move forward. I have the impression that you already know many
> Wikimedians
> > who work on Russian Wikipedia, so hopefully you can get some help
from
> them.
> >
> > If you could share occasional updates about your progress, maybe by
> sending
> > an email to Wikimedia-l with once per quarter, I think that at
least a
> few
> > people would be interested to read what you share.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Pine
> > (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 8:55 PM, Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad
Fatkullin
<
frhd(a)yandex.com> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> This is a request for your input and possible ideas (if any)
regarding my
>> management of the fallout from Jimmy's announcing myself as a 2018
>> Wikimedian of the Year.
>>
>> Emails below are a copy of my ongoing consultations with Wikimedia
>> Foundation staff and other Wikimedians I personally know, as well
as a
>> report on what's already brewing
in my region of Russia after this
>> unexpected outcome.
>>
>> I would be grateful, if you can advise me on how to properly steer
the
> >> enthusiasm of behalf of regional government, mass-media, NGOs,
etc.
> which
> >> have just discovered about the possibility of participation in
> Wikimedia
> >> movement (think anything from U.S. is not getting much in-depth
> coverage in
> >> Russian by sources that regional public figures, NGOs, teachers or
> general
> >> regional journalists read) & are now placing great hopes on
teaching
> whole
> >> of Tatarstan about how to Wiki & also engaging all Tatars globally
> (3/4
> >> outside of Tatarstan, 1/5 outside of Russia).
> >>
> >> regards,
> >> farhad
> >
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