Dear Wikimedians,
We are going to hold the 17th Kolkata Wikipedia Meetup on 9 July. Please
see the meetup page for details.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Kolkata/Kolkata17
I apologize on behalf of the the community for late notice.
Thanks and regards,
Kalyan Sarkar
+919836063920
Dear All,
This is to bring you in notice, WMIN and CIS-A2K has recently issued a
joint statement to the Wikiconference India Team. WMIN and CIS-A2K have
together prepared a joint statement which comprises views and concerns of
some of the community members regarding the upcoming conference.
We are happy to let you all know, Wikiconference India Team has provided
the due assurance. WCI team would always remain committed to the stated
objective as mentioned in the joint statement.
Both WMIN and CIS-A2K encourages open discussions, debates and voicing
of opinions. The present concerns of some community members, hence was
successfully passed and now resolved.
Thanks
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tanveer <tanveer(a)cis-india.org>
Date: 2 July 2016 at 23:18
Subject: [WMIN-Exec 17841] Joint Statement from WMIN and A2K regarding WCI
2016
To: Ravi <ravidreams(a)wikimedia.in>, Viswa Prabha <viswaprabha(a)gmail.com>,
satdeepgill(a)gmail.com, wikiconferenceindia(a)wikimedia.in
Cc: A2K <a2k(a)cis-india.org>, Wikimedia India EC <
wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Ravi, Satdeep and Viswa,
Greetings from CIS-A2K,
A2K team members had the chance of meeting WMIN EC representatives
recently. During the discussion it was decided that WMIN and A2K team
members would propose an inclusive policy that shall provide
representation to all the Indic language Wikimedia communities.
Please find attached a joint statement regarding the same. We hope that
the organising committee of WCI 2016 will take our concerns into
consideration.
Do, let us know if we can be of any help.
Regards,
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Tanveer Hasan
Programme Officer
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet and Society
Bangalore
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Srivastava Abhinav
Executive Committee Member|Wikimedia India
Ph - +91-9711739003|Skype: abhinavsrivastava619
Wiki Username - abhinav619
Dear Wikimedians,
Ratha Jatra is one of the longest running festivals of Odisha running for
over a month. The festival starts from Akshaya Trutiya and ends after
Bahuda Jatra.This festival dates back to more than 1000 years.
This year, a few Wikimedians from Puri are documenting the process of
building the ratha (chariot) making . They are also uploading every phase
of the building process on Wikimedia Common. Many of the images have been
already uploaded and a lot more are going to uploaded in the due course of
time.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Ratha_Jatra
You can see the pictures in the project category :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Ratha_Jatra
Co-ordinators:
1. Jagannath Dora
2. Dinesh Das
3. Dibyadarshi Nayak
4. Ramachandra Nayak
Thanks and Regards
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*Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ*"
Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
Phone: +91-7537097770
*LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
*Twitter* : @saileshpat
"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality"
Hello,
Today at 22:30 IST we are organizing a hangout session to discuss the
hackathon event to be conducted during the upcoming WikIConference India
2016. You are your community members are cordially invited to join this
hangout.
Date: 6 July 2016
Time: 22:30 Indian Standard time
Channel:
https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/calendar/cmF2aXNoYW5rYXIuYXl5YWtrYW5…
Agenda: Understanding and discussing community needs, planning the
hack-a-thon
Hello
An edit-a-thon is being conducted with an aim to create or improve articles
related to Punjab. This edit-a-thon is a part of WikiConference India 2016.
You and your community are cordially invited to join this edit-a-thon as
participants or co-ordinators.
This will be our gift for the Chandigarh team which is hosting us for the
conference. The community that adds most number of words or bytes to the
articles will be awarded a trophy during the conference!
Participate or learn more here.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Punjab_Edit-a-thon
Regards.
WikiConference India team
(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016)
PS. Feel free to share or forward this message
Hi everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program will launch its first open
call on July 1. We will be accepting proposals through August 2nd for new
ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>. Project Grants will
replace Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) and Project & Event Grants
(PEG).
Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to
implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a
new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching
an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other
support for community-building.
Ideas from the current Inspire Campaign on addressing harassment are very
welcome. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
Do you have have a good idea, but would like some feedback before applying?
Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and
guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Once your idea is ready,
it can be easily migrated into a grant request.
Marti Johnson and I will also be hosting weekly proposals clinics via
Hangouts for real-time discussions about the Project Grants Open Call.
We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. Dates and
times are as follows:
* Tuesday, July 5 - 16:00 UTC
* Thursday, July 14 - 02:00 UTC
* Wednesday, July 20 - 15:00 UTC
* Friday, July 29 - 02:00 UTC
* Tuesday, August 2 - 01:30 UTC
* Tuesday, August 2 - 16:00 UTC
Links for Hangouts are available here: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>
We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into
motion, and submit your proposal between July 1 and August 2! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>
Please feel free to get in touch with me (awang(a)wikimedia.org) or Marti
Johnson (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with
your project!
Warm regards,
Alex & Marti
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Alexandra Wang
Program Officer
Community Resources
Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
+1 415-839-6885
Skype: alexvwang