These are days when geography, culture and topics about Ukraine will be most consulted
worldwide. I'm trying myself to make some articles about geography at eu.wikipedia,
regardless of my opinion about the war itself.
BUT... "diplomacy month" seems a bad title for this effort at the current
moment.
Take care outside.
Galder
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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:48 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy
Month: We are back in 2022!
Given previous experience, past examples of this project editors are free to make any
contributions so I see no issue with governments, institutions or even private
corporations supporting knowledge sharing activity. The best time to share knowledge is
now, the second best is when its under threat, what we cant do is share knowledge once its
destroyed.
What I do see as unacceptable is saying we shouldn't be sharing knowledge because a
society and cultures' future is being threatened. We need to be doing everything we
can to ensure we collect and document as much as we can. We have seen many museums and
heritage places lost in the last 20 years due various natural and unnatural events.
On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 16:53, Yaroslav Blanter
<ymbalt@gmail.com<mailto:ymbalt@gmail.com>> wrote:
Absolutely.
I am not a fan of government propaganda, but not it is not the best moment to discuss it.
Best
Yaroslav
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:23 AM effe iets anders
<effeietsanders@gmail.com<mailto:effeietsanders@gmail.com>> wrote:
The list archive probably has an answer to your question on 9 feb 2021.
But regardless, writing about Ukrainian culture is never more prudent than when it is
under threat. Whatever one's personal opinion on this war, I don't think anyone
will deny that Ukrainian cultural heritage is at risk? Asking people to go outside and
take photos, that may be a bit much right now, but this is a writing exercise. That is the
beautiful thing about Wikimedia: we document things regardless of how much we
'like' them.
Lodewijk
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:59 PM 4nn1l2
<4nn1l2.wiki@gmail.com<mailto:4nn1l2.wiki@gmail.com>> wrote:
This is a legitimate concern as several users have dared to ask questions as you can see
at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month
We need more transparency regarding this decision. Granted, there was a campaign last year
around this time, but was it advertised at a global scale? At least, I can't remember
that.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:28 AM Ariel Glenn WMF
<ariel@wikimedia.org<mailto:ariel@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
This campaign was conducted last year at around the same time:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%27s_Cultural_Diplomacy_Month_2021 Let's keep
any unwarranted speculations off of this list please.
Ariel Glenn
ariel@wikimedia.org<mailto:ariel@wikimedia.org>
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:55 AM 4nn1l2
<4nn1l2.wiki@gmail.com<mailto:4nn1l2.wiki@gmail.com>> wrote:
The timing of this campaign is of real concern and not prudent, I think, especially for
those of us who strive for neutrality.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 2:47 AM Samuel Klein
<meta.sj@gmail.com<mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks for sharing -- a nice idea and gorgeous page; nice to see the wikigap challenge
model proliferating.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:00 PM Valentin Nefedov
<nefedov.valentin@gmail.com<mailto:nefedov.valentin@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello, dear Wikipedians!
Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and
Ukrainian Institute, has launched the second edition of writing challenge Ukraine's
Cultural Diplomacy Month<http://ucdm.wikimedia.org.ua>, which lasts from 17 February
to 17 March 2022. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music,
literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that made a
contribution to world culture. The most active contesters will receive prizes.
We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on
Wikipedia in any language!
Sincerely,
Valentyn Nefedov a.k.a. Renvoy
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