ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ,
ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਆ ਵਿਕੀਮੀਟ ਇੰਡੀਆ 2021 ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਣ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ
ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਕੁਝ ਅਪਡੇਟਸ ਹਨ।
1. ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਦੇ ਉਦਘਾਟਨ ਸਮੇਂ ਅਸਾਫ਼ ਬਾਰਤੋਵ (Asaf Bartov/User:Ijon) ਦੁਆਰਾ ਇੱਕ
ਉਦਘਾਟਨੀ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ, ਜਿਸਦਾ ਸਿਰਲੇਖ ਹੈ "*ਭਾਰਤ: ਅਤੀਤ ਅਤੇ ਭਵਿੱਖ*"
("India: Looking back, looking ahead")। ਅਸਾਫ਼ ਸਾਲ 2009 ਤੋਂ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿੱਚ
ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਆ ਦੇ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਅਤੇ ਯਤਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਆ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ,
ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਵਲੰਟੀਅਰ ਵਜੋਂ, ਅਤੇ ਬਾਅਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਆ ਫਾਉਂਡੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਗ੍ਰਾਂਟ
ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਮਰੱਥਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਤਾ ਵਜੋਂ। ਇਸ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਵਿਚ, ਉਹ ਹੁਣ ਤੱਕ ਦੀ ਆਪਣੀ
ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਆ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਰਾਹ 'ਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕਰੇਗਾ ਜੋ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਨਜ਼ਰੀਏ ਤੋਂ ਹੈ।
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਲਿੰਕ ਤੋਂ ਪੂਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਜਕ੍ਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਦੇਖ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋਂ
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦੇ ਮੈਂਬਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਕੀਮਤੀ ਸਮੇਂ
ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਸਮਾਂ ਕੱਢ ਕੇ ਅਸਾਫ਼ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਸੈਸ਼ਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੋਣ ਜੀ। ਇਹ ਸੈਸ਼ਨ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ
5:10 ਤੋਂ 5:40 PM ਤੱਕ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।
2. ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ participation ਦੀ ਰਜਿਸਟ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਬੰਦ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਸੀ। ਹਾਲਾਂਕਿ,
ਤਜ਼ਰਬੇਕਾਰ ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡਿਅਨਜ਼ ਲਈ, ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਕਾਰਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹ ਅੰਤਮ ਤਾਰੀਖ ਤੱਕ apply
ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਪਾਏ, ਅਸੀਂ ਆਖਰੀ ਮਿੰਟ 'ਤੇ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਰਜਿਸਟ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਲਈ ਵਿਕਲਪ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੈ। ਵਧੇਰੇ
ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਲਈ, ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਇੱਥੇ ਦੇਖੋ -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#…
3. ਅਸੀਂ ਸਾਰੇ ਚੁਣੇ ਗਏ ਭਾਗੀਦਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋਣ ਲਈ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਵੇਰਵੇ
ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਕ ਭੇਜ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਹਨ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ email ਦੇ spam ਫੋਲਡਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਜਾਂਚ ਕਰੋ,
ਜੇ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸਾਡੀ ਮੇਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਮਿਲੀ। ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ ਲਈ, ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਤੱਕ
wmwm(a)cis-india.org 'ਤੇ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ।
ਧੰਨਵਾਦ,
ਸਤਪਾਲ
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From: Bodhisattwa Mandal <bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:45 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021: Important Updates
To: wikimediaindia-l <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello all,
Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021 is going to start the day after tomorrow and
we have some updates for you.
- The event will have the opening speech from *Asaf Bartov*, the title
being "*India: Looking back, looking ahead*". Asaf has been observing
and supporting Wikimedia efforts in India since 2009, first as a volunteer,
and later as a Wikimedia Foundation grants program officer and capacity
builder. In this talk, he will offer some thoughts on the Indian Wikimedia
journey so far, and on the road that still lies ahead, from his
perspective. Please find the entire program schedule here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Program
- We closed the registration of participation yesterday. However, for
the *experienced WIkimedians*, who have missed that deadline due to
whatsoever reason, we have kept the option for *instant registration* at
the last minute. For more details, please check here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Wikimeet_India_2021/Registration#…
- We have sent necessary details and links to join the event to all
selected participants. Please check your spam folders, if you have not
found our mail. For any query, please reach out to us at
wmwm(a)cis-india.org
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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*(long email incoming)*
Dear Punjabi Wikimedians,
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is organizing a call for
feedback about community selection processes between February 1 and March
14. Below you will find the problem statement and various ideas from the
Board to address it. We are offering multiple channels for questions and
feedback. With the help of a team of community facilitators, we are
organizing multiple conversations with multiple groups in multiple
languages.
During this call for feedback we publish weekly reports and we draft the
final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the help of this
report, the Board will approve the next steps to organize the selection of
six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these seats are due
for renewal and three are new, recently approved.
*Participate in this call for feedback and help us form a more diverse and
better performing Board of Trustees!*
*Problems:* While the Wikimedia Foundation and the movement have grown
about five times in the past ten years, the Board’s structure and processes
have remained basically the same. As the Board is designed today, we have a
problem of capacity, performance, and lack of representation of the
movement’s diversity. This problem was identified in the Board’s 2019
governance review, along with recommendations for how to address it.
To solve the problem of capacity, we have agreed to increase the Board size
to a maximum of 16 trustees (it was 10). Regarding performance and
diversity, we have approved criteria to evaluate new Board candidates. What
is missing is a process to promote community candidates that represent the
diversity of our movement and have the skills and experience to perform
well on the Board of a complex global organization.
Our current processes to select individual volunteer and affiliate seats
have some limitations. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the
leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and
experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contributing to the
ability of the Board to perform its specific responsibilities. It is also a
fact that the current processes have favored volunteers from North America
and Western Europe. Meanwhile, our movement has grown larger and more
complex, our technical and strategic needs have increased, and we have new
and more difficult policy challenges around the globe. As well, our
Movement Strategy recommendations urge us to increase our diversity and
promote perspectives from other regions and other social backgrounds.
In the upcoming months, we need to renew three community seats and appoint
three more community members in the new seats. What process can we all
design to promote and choose candidates that represent our movement and are
prepared with the experience, skills, and insight to perform as trustees?
*Ideas:* The Board has discussed several ideas to overcome the problems
mentioned above. Some of these ideas could be taken and combined, and some
discarded. Other ideas coming from the call for feedback could be
considered as well. The ideas are:
1. *Ranked voting system*. Complete the move to a single transferable
vote system, already used to appoint affiliate-selected seats, which is
designed to best capture voters’ preferences.
2. *Quotas*. Explore the possibility of introducing quotas to ensure
certain types of diversity in the Board (details about these quotas to be
discussed in this call for feedback).
3. *Call for types of skills and experiences*. When the Board makes a
new call for candidates, they would specify types of skills and experiences
especially sought.
4. *Vetting of candidates*. Potential candidates would be assessed using
the Trustee Evaluation Form and would be confirmed or not as eligible
candidates.
5. *Board-delegated selection committee*. The community would nominate
candidates that this committee would assess and rank using the Trustee
Evaluation Form. This committee would have community elected members and
Board appointed members.
6. *Community-elected selection committee*. The community would directly
elect the committee members. The committee would assess and rank candidates
using the Trustee Evaluation Form.
7. *Election of confirmed candidates.* The community would vote for
community nominated candidates that have been assessed and ranked using the
Trustee Evaluation Form. The Board would appoint the most voted candidates.
8. *Direct appointment of confirmed candidates*. After the selection
committee produces a ranked list of community nominated candidates, the
Board would appoint the top-ranked candidates directly.
*Call for feedback:* The call for feedback[1] runs from February 1 until
the end of March 14. We are looking for a broad representation of opinions.
We are interested in the reasoning and the feelings behind your opinions.
In a conversation like this one, details are important. We want to support
good conversations where everyone can share and learn from others. We want
to hear from those who understand Wikimedia governance well and are already
active in movement conversations. We also want to hear from people who do
not usually contribute to discussions. Especially those who are active in
their own roles, topics, languages or regions, but usually not in, say, a
call for feedback on Meta.
You can participate by joining the Telegram chat group[2], and giving
feedback on any of the talk pages on Meta-Wiki. We are welcoming the
organisation of conversations in any language and in any channel. If you
want us to organize a conversation or a meeting for your wiki project or
your affiliate, please write to me. I will also reach out to communities
and affiliates to soon have focused group discussions.
An office hour[3] is also happening tomorrow from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
(IST) to discuss this topic. Access link will be available 15 minutes
before the scheduled time. In case you are not able to make it, please
don't worry, there will be more discussions and meetings in the next few
weeks.
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
[2] https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call…
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From: Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 12:01 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Community Events Team office hours: January 14
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Events Team <eventsteam(a)wikimedia.org>, Community Events <
communityevents(a)wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone!
The Wikimedia Foundation Community Events Team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%20Foundation%20Events%20team>
will continue holding monthly office hours for any community members who
are interested. This is a place where movement event organizers can join
and share ideas and lessons with each other for upcoming and past events.
The Wikimedia Foundation Events team will be there as well to join in the
discussions, answer questions you might have for us and to facilitate.
This iteration of the office hours will take place on Thursday January 14
at 13:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1610629253> and will last for
an hour. Find the *link to join on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%20Foundation%20Events%20team/Offi…>.
*
*This months topics:*
-
Andrew Lih will be joining us to a review of how the recent virtual
WikiConference North America
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_North_America/2020> went
from an organizing perspective.
-
The WMF events team will be presenting our new meta Events Portal
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events_Team_Portal>
-
Time for any questions or discussion points from attendees
*This months supported languages are: *
- *English, Hebrew, Dutch, Spanish, Punjabi, and Hindi.* We will maybe
support *Japanese* this is to be confirmed on the meta page within the
next few days.
We will *continue to change the time of the meeting each month* in order to
be inclusive of more timezones. We will also continue to adjust these
office hours as we go based on community feedback and are very open to
changing the scope of these office hours over time or incorporating
community theme requests, presentation requests or requests for outside
speakers.
You can find more information about upcoming office hours and add your
comments and questions here and on the talk page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Events_team/OfficeHours
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%20Foundation%20Events%20team/Offi…>
We hope to see you there! Please pass this invitation to anyone in your
communities who might like to join monthly international event organization
discussions.
--
Rachel Farrand
Senior Program Officer
Community Events Team
Wikimedia Foundation
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Hi everyone,
My name is Angie and I work on the Inuka Team at the Wikimedia Foundation
(formerly the "New Readers" team). [1]
I wanted to share that there is now an additional way to browse Wikipedia
in India. As of a few weeks ago, there is a Wikipedia app available on
KaiOS in India, which is provided through Jiophones [2]. Jiophone users can
download and install the Wikipedia app on the JioStore. As of early
October, there have been over 1 million downloads.
This first release is focused on how to make it easier to read Wikipedia on
a phone that does not have a touch screen. The platform supports over 100
languages for reading, and we appreciate that volunteers have fully
translated the Wikipedia app user interface into several Indian languages
already. The app will continue to have updates and reach more countries
over time.
If you (or someone you know) own a Jiophone, please give the app a try by
downloading it from the JioStore. We would like to hear about your
experience with it. Let us know about issues or bugs through the in-app
feedback feature, through the project talk page [3], or through Phabricator
[4].
To enable the app to reach readers in even more Indian languages, we would
greatly appreciate additional translations of the user interface on
Translatewiki.net [5].
To know more about the app and our work, and why we believe this project is
so important to help us reach new users, you can see the main page for the
app [6] and the Questions and Answers page [7]. We welcome your comments,
suggestions, and feedback on the related talk page [3].
Lastly, please, do share this message on other venues of interest for your
fellow community members in India.
Kind regards,
Angie
Lead Product Manager, WMF Inuka team
Wikimedia Foundation
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Inuka_team
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jio#JioPhone
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_for_KaiOS
[4]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=kaios-wi…
[5]
https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group=wik…
[6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS
[7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS/FAQ
--
*Angie Muigai*
Lead Product Manager
www.wikimediafoundation.org
Hi everyone,
Hope you are all doing well and are safe amidst the ongoing COVID-19
Pandemic. On behalf of the Strategy Team [2] and the working group members
[3], I would like to take a moment with you to celebrate the publication of
the 2020 movement strategy recommendations, now live on Meta-wiki [1] and
express gratitude and appreciation for your efforts to share perspectives
into our process. Over the last two years, our movement has worked
tirelessly to produce these ideas to change our shared future. Many of you
participated in the online conversations, hosted strategy salons, attended
regional events, and connected with us in-person at Wikimania. These
contributions were invaluable, and will help make our movement stronger for
years to come.
The finished set of 10 recommendations emphasizes many of our core values,
such as equity, innovation, safety, and coordination, while tasking us
jointly to turn this vision into a reality. These recommendations clarify
and refine the previous version, which was published in January this year.
They are at a high strategic level so that the ideas are flexible enough to
be adapted to different global and local settings and will allow us to
navigate future challenges. Along with the recommendations, we have
outlined 10 underlying principles, a narrative of change, and a glossary of
key terms for better context. [5] [6] [7]
The recommendations are available in numerous languages, including Arabic,
German, Hindi, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish for you to read and
share widely. We encourage you to read the recommendations in your own time
and at your own pace, either online [1] or in a PDF [4]. There are a couple
of other formats for you to take a deeper dive if you wish, such as a
one-page summary, slides, and office hours, all collected on Meta. If you
would like to comment, you are welcome to do so on the Meta talk pages.
However, please note that these are the final version of the
recommendations. No further edits will be made. This final version of the
recommendations embodies an aspiration for how the Wikimedia movement
should continue to change in order to advance that direction and meet the
Wikimedia vision in a changing world.
In terms of next steps, our focus now shifts toward implementation. In
light of the cancellation of the Wikimedia Summit, the Wikimedia Foundation
is determining the best steps for moving forward through a series of
virtual events over the coming months. We will also be hosting live office
hours [8] in the next coming few days, where you can join us to celebrate
the Strategy and ask questions! Please stay tuned, and thank you once again
for helping to drive our movement forward, together.
With thanks,
Rupika
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…>
[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_2030_Movement_Strategy_Re…
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[7]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[8]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
Rupika Sharma
Community Strategy Liaison, Movement Strategy
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."