WikimediaIndia-l October 2016

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[Press]: Lessons and tips on getting media coverage
by Noopur Raval 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Dear all, Over the past one month, we've been working with community members from Assamese, Kannada Malayalam and Nepali communities to get maximum possible media coverage and press support in order to highlight their community and events and hopefully get new editors for our movement. In all cases, I help prepare the press release<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>(as, kn, ml, ne), then community members translate it and then we work together to try and reach out to the widest possible audience. Here are a few links to the press releases and newspaper articles. There are a few in local language papers that are not online. Also, all these reports are due to the collaborative effort and very important follow up by community members like Jyoti, Bishnu, Gitartha, Omshivaprakash, Anoop, Ramesh, Kannan, Sujith, Saroj and Ganesh for the communities respectively. Assamese: http://www.northeasttoday.in/our-states/assam/assamese-wikipedia-celebrates… http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=765639 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article3… http://www.sify.com/news/assamese-wikipedia-completes-10-years-of-existence… http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/assamese-wikipedia-completes-10-… http://issuu.com/assamese/docs/ghy_13062012?mode=window&backgroundColor#222… http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120611/jsp/northeast/story_15594299.jsp http://sevensisterspost.com/?p=17895 http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=9509&boxid=103211609 Kannada: http://epaper.udayavani.com/Display.aspx?Pg=H&Edn=MN&DispDate=6/18/2012 http://allevents.in/Bangalore/483961428297721 Malayalam: http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=82424 http://keralaitnews.com/state-scan/other-cities/4717-kollam-to-host-malayal… http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3351423.e… http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-14/social-media/3134186… http://www.techgoss.com/Story/557S12-Wiki-Malayalam-Meet-held-at-Kerala.aspx http://article.wn.com/view/2012/04/28/Malayalam_wiki_most_innovative/ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/sci-tech/hitech/malayalam-wiki-most… http://ibnlive.in.com/news/malayalam-wikipedia-could-be-emulated/253196-60-… http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article390787.ece Nepali: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34914418/Nagarik_Article.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34914418/karobar_article.png Radio Sagarmatha broadcasted an interview with a Wikipedian Ganesh Paudel... Radio Nepal Bani Broadcasted an interview with Wikipedians located in Kathmandu (Mr. Ganesh Paudel and Mr. Saroj Dhakal) Just thought I'd share a few pointers based on what went right and what could have been better on my part. This may help you in the future if you too are looking to get media attention for your community and events. A few lessons: *Planning:* - Database of contacts: We have put in place a fairly comprehensive database of English as well as local press, television and radio contacts. I'd be happy to share them with anyone who needs to get in touch with journalists. - In case of local language newspapers, calling a journalist/newspaper office or personally visiting them to give the press brief always works better than e-mailing. Most local language newspapers still prefer a hard copy of the brief or even ask for a fax sometimes. - For the Assamese anniversary celebrations, we had an agenda well in advance and we (the community members and I) made sure the press release was ready in English as well as in Assamese so we could send it out to newspapers, television channels and radio stations. - Regarding English language newspapers, it is always advisable to call first and then e-mail the brief to a senior editor as well as a staff reporter (at least two people within the organization) to ensure the story receives due attention. Attaching a few photographs of your past meetups is a good idea. - It is advisable to translate the press release and attach both versions while sending it to the journalist. - If you are planning to have an event on the weekend, make sure you call and e-mail much earlier during the week. *Event:* - Always make sure to invite the journalists to your event. This will not only help in getting a comprehensive story but will also encourage them to take up editing. - Dealing with news channels and radio stations: While DY 365 channel covered the Assamese meetup, other channels did not bother to follow up. For radio, it *only* works if you speak to them in local language. *Other tips:* - It is a *must* to put in a contact number of preferably an email ID at the end of a press release. Maybe all communities should have either a chapter email ID (like bengali(a)wikimedia.in) or a gmail ID run by an active community member. This can be super useful and will avoid giving out personal details. - Building a quote pool: How about we keep a few quotes from different community members on the basics - (examples: why I edit, how I edit, what is your message to fellow Marathi/Tamil/Gujarati speakers) ? Of course, quotes from people are crucial and must not be misused but, this can help the Chapter communications team too - Getting the article right: Spelling mistakes, misquoted information, erroneous figures are a common problem with Wikipedia stories. Although it may not always be possible, do request the journalist to show you the article before publishing it. - Targeting news agencies: After the Assamese press experience, I realized having one PTI press release ensures that the story reaches at least 4-5 newspapers. This is a very effective way of maximizing media coverage. I might have missed out on a few lessons and invite community members and the chapter communication team to contribute with more inputs. Maybe we can even document this on Meta for future reference. Thank you, Best Noopur -- Noopur Raval

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Please add your name to the Geographical List of Indian Wikipedians
by Ashwin Baindur 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

Hello friends, This is a link I recommend you to bookmark. http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Geographical_distribution_of_Indian_Wikipedians This list is useful for outreach & also whenever someone needs Wiki-Help in a particular city. It would be great if Wikipedians could update this list.:) We have the following completely unrepresented states/UTs: * Andaman & Nicobar Islands * Arunachal Pradesh * Assam * Chandigarh * Chhattisgarh * Dadra, Nagar & Haveli * Daman & Diu * Goa * Himachal Pradesh * Jammu & Kashmir * Jharkhand (AngPradesh is in Mumbai) * Lakshadweep * Manipur * Meghalaya * Mizoram * Puducherry * Punjab (oye, ye ki hoya!) * Nagaland * Uttar Pradesh * Uttarakhand Okay, all you admins, please update your status (Mikey my boy, that means you too)! Abroad, we dont have Indic Wikipedians listed for: * Africa * Australia * Asia (other than India) * Middle East * North America * South America Unless you would like to stay off list, of course that's acceptable too. May I also request Tinu / list admins to please forward it all the Indic language & city Wikimedia lists. We need this resource to be as comprehensible as possible. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in India
by Abhinav Srivastava 02 Apr '17

02 Apr '17

Dear Indian Community Members, We take immense pride in letting you know, Wiki Loves Monuments in India <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind…> would once again happen in India after a span of 3 years. Earlier this year, Wikimedia India conducted Wiki Loves Green in India 2016 with over 32,000+ images uploaded for the competition <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Earth_20…> by 6,000+ Contributors, a phenomenal response. Wiki Loves Monuments <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016> is a global photo competition that takes place generally in September. Wikimedia India would officially be organising this competition in India. The aim of the contest is to ask the general public—readers and users of Wikipedia, photographers, hobbyists, etc.—to take pictures of cultural heritage monuments and upload them to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and its other sister projects. We request Indian community to help us make this event a grand success. Please sign up as volunteers here <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind…> < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_in_Ind… > We look forward to your ideas, suggestions and strategies. Thanks -- Srivastava Abhinav Executive Committee Member|Wikimedia India Ph - +91-9711739003|Skype: abhinavsrivastava619 Wiki Username - abhinav619

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Wiki Conference India 2016 (Chandigarh hackathon)
by Santosh Shingare 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello all, I am happy to announce, chandigarh hackathon WCI2016, close with 7 application, which is useful to all community. *1)* *WikiSpeak with native language :* (Hindi) (*Web Application* + *Android Mobile application*). *2)* *Edit Tamil Wiktionary **(Tamil community request)** :* - (*Android application*) *3)* *Audio file upload to WikiData (Punjabi community request) :* (*Android application*) *4) Wikipedia articles on google map :* find wikipedia articles on google map (with latitude and longitude) as per city. *5) OCR (Native Application) *: Convert scanned book copy to Indian language text with google doc (Tested for Hindi and Malayalam). *6) Communication platform[WebRTC] (Web Application)* : Community used this to talk or conference (Audio/video web conferencing application) *7) Notification (Event based)* : showing popup on event eg (If recent changes happen, It will show popup which article was updated) Thank you all participant. who participate in hackathon and deliver a big success *Note : I will share code, links and other details very shortly.* Thank you *Santosh Shingare.* *User:cherishsantosh*

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Bengali Wikimedian shares her Wiki Experience
by Satdeep Gill 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

Hi all, Bengali Wikimedian has shared her experience of getting duped by the fellow Wikimedians during Wiki Treks Kalindi Khal: <goog_876479488> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/Sujay25/Wikipedia_Treks_Kal… She claims that two Bengali Wikimedians have misused WMF funds and also got money from her. Please share your opinion on this. -- Regards Satdeep Gill +91-9465155746

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Co-option of Santosh Shringare as EC member to Wikimedia India Chapter
by Yohann Thomas 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Dear Community It gives me great pleasure to inform you that Santosh Shringare has been Co-opted on the board of Wikimedia India Chapter. Santosh brings on board a great level of experience in organizing Wikipedia related workshops, events & hackathons. For all official purposes related to the chapter, he will be available on the below email. cherishsantosh(a)wikimedia.in Regards Yohann Thomas President Wikimedia India

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Signing Off as Executive Committee Member at Wikimedia India
by Abhinav Srivastava 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Dear All, This might come as a surprise but I am officially leaving the Wikimedia India Chapter. I was elected as the Executive Committee Member last year, November 2015. As understood, the chapter was undergoing financial crisis, working in its attempt to resolve it has affected my private life largely. I am leaving the Executive Committee Position to fix things in order. I also wish to inform that Wikimedia India's crisis is almost over, the Annual General Meetings along with disclosure of audits statements and reports would be released in public domain soon. The Executive Committee Members would come up with the details soon. The good days for Wikimedia India Chapter are ahead :) Cheers ! -- Srivastava Abhinav Executive Committee Member|Wikimedia India Ph - +91-9711739003|Skype: abhinavsrivastava619 Wiki Username - abhinav619

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CIS-A2K Newsletter - September 2016
by Subhashish Panigrahi 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Dear friends, We are happy to share the consolidated newsletter for September 2016. Another 5 Years: What Have We Learned about the Wikipedia Gender Gap and What Has Been Done? —Ting-Yi Chang (September 18, 2016) Five years after Wikimedia Foundation's 2011 editor survey ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.p…) was conducted and revealed the gender gap issue, scholars, practitioners, and communities around the globe have come a long way to address the gender imbalance of the online encyclopedia. This blog post series (of three parts) serve as a summary of movements and discoveries about Wikipedia gender gap on both local (India) and global scales. "Our editing community continues to suffer from a lack of women editors. only 8.5% of editors are women." Probably the most cited statement for Wikipedia gender gap studies, the editor survey conducted by Wikimedia Foundation in April 2011 revealed the alarming imbalance within the online encyclopedia community(s). In the same survey, the percentage of female Wikipedians in India is reported as only 3%. When we have repeatedly emphasized on the development and changes the internet can bring to our societies, how do we ensure that behind our computer screen it is not just another mirror reflecting what has been silenced and forgotten? . . . Read more on Blogs ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-ex…) (Part 1 ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-t…) , Part 2 ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-t…) and Part 3 ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/another-5-years-what-have-we-learned-about-t…) ) == Program reports = Outreach, education programme and community engagement programme reports: * Wikiwomen's Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka ( http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/wikiwomen2019s-meetup-at-st-agnes-college-ex…) (Ting-Yi Chang; September 1, 2016) Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were new to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning and contributing more Indic language content online. * A workshop to improve Telugu Wikipedia articles on Nobel laureates ( http://cis-india.org/openness/a-workshop-to-improve-telugu-wikipedia-articl…) (Pavan Santhosh; September 12, 2016) Many articles about Nobel laureates are missing in the Telugu Wikipedia. Recently undergraduate students from four different disciplines of the Andhra Loyola College (ALC), Vijayawada gathered to create and improve articles related to Nobel laureates. * Campaign for relicensing copyrighted books under Creative Commons licenses ( http://cis-india.org/openness/campaign-for-relicensing-copyrighted-books-un…) (Pavan Santhosh S. & Subhashish Panigrahi; September 20, 2016). A campaign has been started to relicense Telugu-language books of several noted authors from "all rights reserved" to Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) license.. == Articles/blogs = Articles, opinion pieces, analysis pieces: * ସଫ୍ଟଓଏର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦିବସ: ଆମ ହାତେ ଆମ କୋଡ଼ ଲେଖିବା¸ ( http://cis-india.org/openness/software-freedom-day) : (Subhashish Panigrahi; September 18, 2016). The blog post was mirrored in Your Story ( https://odia.yourstory.com/read/b3b56fd08a/-?c=16) , Odisha Story ( http://www.odishastory.com/odia/2016/09/software-freedom/) and Aajira Odisha (http://aajiraodisha.org/software-freedom/) on September 17, 2016. The originally published piece can be accessed here ( http://psubhashish.com/post/150524560200/sfd) . Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, was celebrated in many cities today. The piece sheds light on the philosophy of software freedom, and how free and open source software is making a significant social change. I have also shared how anyone can contribute to the FOSS movement in different ways and celebrate SFD. . == Team updates = Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tniranjana) , our Programme Advisor, and Abhinav Garule ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Abhinavgarule) , Programme Associate for Marathi have left the team recently to continue with their other personal/professional commitments. We thank both of them for their association and support both to the team and to the community. We wish them success in their forthcoming endeavors, and hope that they will keep contributing to the Wikimedia movement in their volunteer capacity. If you want to receive news from this program, please sign-up here ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/Subscribe) . This newsletter is also available on Meta-wiki at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Reports/Newsletter/September_2016 Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Centre for Internet and Society Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cisa2k/ Follow us on Twitter at @CISA2K

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Media of the day, 14 Oct 2016
by Kalyan Sarkar 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

সুধী, আমি এই মাত্র লক্ষ করলাম যে বিশ্বরূপদার ২০১৬ কলকাতা পুস্তকমেলার ভিডিওটি <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> আজকের দিনের মিডিয়া হিসেবে নির্বাচিত হয়েছে! বিশ্বরূপদাকে অভিনন্দন জানাই! আমরা বিশ্বরূপদার জন্য গর্বিত। ধন্যবাদ, কল্যাণ সরকার All, I just noticed that Biswarup da's video of 2016 Kolkata Book Fair <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40th_International_Kolkata_Book_Fai…> has been chosen as the media of the day! Congratulations to Biswarup da! We are proud of you! Thanks and regards, Kalyan Sarkar

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Project Grants program will fund 6 community-led projects
by Sibi Kanagaraj 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Alex Wang" <awang(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Oct 7, 2016 10:46 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Project Grants program will fund 6 community-led projects To: "Wikimedia Announce Mailing List" < wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hi all, In the first round of Project Grants, 13 eligible proposals were submitted for review. The committee recommended 6 for funding, with a total of $ 180,396 in funded projects. WMF has now approved all 6 grants. Here’s what we’re funding.[1] Software - 3 projects funded - Librarybase: an online reference library <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Harej/Librarybase:_an_online…> Improving the citation ecosystem for Wikipedia so editors can more easily look up relevant sources could greatly improve their productivity and ease of editing. This grant supports the development of Librarybase <http://librarybase.wmflabs.org/wiki/Librarybase:About>, a project to develop structured bibliographic data around citations. There are numerous benefits to creating this structure, especially for hard-to-model books, including the generation of source recommendations for specific topic areas or WikiProjects, migration of notable references to Wikidata, and more.[2][3] - Wikidata Module <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module>One of the biggest challenges in using Wikidata content on Wikipedia is having a simple, user-friendly integration tool and workflow for editors. User:Putnik <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Putnik>’s Wikidata module is currently used by over a million articles on Russian Wikipedia to add information from Wikidata to article infoboxes. Through this project, Putnik will improve the Lua module to make it easier to install, easy to integrate with infoboxes without knowledge of Lua, configurable for the most common use cases, and extendable.[4][5] - WikiFactMine <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikiFactMine>Contentmine software helps turn peer-reviewed literature into Wikidata-based facts. It can crawl up to 10,000 articles per day sourcing information and making it available for integration into the database. This project will build infrastructure to connect ContentMine to Wikidata, creating an accelerated conduit to populate Wikidata with new datasets. It will also place a Wikipedian in Residence at Cambridge University to coordinate human curation of data extracted from WikiFactMine.[6] Offline outreach - 2 projects funded - A Wikipedian-in-Residence to Engage 500 Librarians and their Communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/A_Wikipedian-in-Residence_to…>Public libraries and librarians are natural partners for the Wikimedia movement, sharing a commitment to free access to knowledge. A leader in the library field, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) <https://www.oclc.org/home.en.html>has secured funding from the Knight Foundation <http://www.knightfoundation.org/articles/knight-news-challenge-libraries-aw…> to capitalize on this synergy and create a national training program for 500 public librarians to build skills in editing Wikipedia and implement Wikimedia programming for their local community members. This grant funds a Wikipedian-in-Residence at OCLC to serve as the content expert in developing training materials, understanding Wikimedia community norms, and mentoring librarians.[7][8][9] - Why women don’t edit Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UGGR/Why_women_don%E2%80%99t…>The Wikimedia Community User Group Greece will partner with two Greek women’s organizations, SheSharp and Telesilla, to better understand the challenges faced by Greek women in participating in the Wikimedia projects. They will utilize their collective networks to build awareness about editing Wikipedia, conduct trainings, and provide mentorship based on their learnings.[10] Research - 1 project funded - Strengthening Indigenous-Language Wikipedias in Latin America <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Strengthening_Indigenous-Lan…>Previous attempts to engage indigenous language communities in developing new Wikipedias have been been met with many challenges and varying degrees of success. Global Voices <https://globalvoices.org/-/topics/digital-activism/>, a nonprofit focused on digital activism and with deep networks in Latin America, will work with Wikimedia affiliates in the region to review the existing active and incubator Wikipedia projects in the indigenous languages of Latin America. By mapping successes and challenges, the team will develop best practices and guidelines for how to support communities that are interested in developing their indigenous language community and important learnings for both WMF and the Wikimedia community on if and how we can best support them.[11][12] You can read more about this round on the Wikimedia Foundation blog.[13] The current call for round 2 of Project Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> ends October 11th. The next open call begins December 19th. [14] Congratulations to the successful grantees! 1. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications> 2. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Harej/ Librarybase:_an_online_reference_library <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Harej/Librarybase:_an_online…> > 3. <http://librarybase.wmflabs.org/wiki/Librarybase:About> 4. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Putnik/Wikidata_module> 5. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Putnik> 6. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikiFactMine> 7. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/A_ Wikipedian-in-Residence_to_Engage_500_Librarians_and_their_Communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/A_Wikipedian-in-Residence_to…> > 8. <https://www.oclc.org/home.en.html> 9. <http://www.knightfoundation.org/articles/knight-news- challenge-libraries-awards-16-million-support-innovative-ideas <http://www.knightfoundation.org/articles/knight-news-challenge-libraries-aw…> > 10. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UGGR/Why_ women_don%E2%80%99t_edit_Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UGGR/Why_women_don%E2%80%99t…> > 11. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Strengthening_Indigenous- Language_Wikipedias_in_Latin_America <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Strengthening_Indigenous-Lan…> > 12. <https://globalvoices.org/-/topics/digital-activism/> 13. <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/07/new-project-grants/ > 14. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Community Resources Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. 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