Dear all,
I am happy to announce that Wikimedia India Chapter's Quarterly Report
for the period from January to March 2018 has been published.
The report can be viewed at: http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Reports/Jan-Mar_2018
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Hi,
At the end of 7 weeks (18:27, 19 April 2018 (UTC)) after the Project Tiger
writing contest went live,
89 users have created 1121 articles adding at least 36,927 pageviews
through newly created articles.
Punjabi leads the contest with 335 articles followed by Tamil and
Malayalam.
More stats here.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Progr…>
The contest will runs until May 31st, 2018.
Thanks,
Ravi
Hello all!
Hope this email finds you well. We are sending this message to select
community mailing lists and all previous recipients of a Wikimedia
Foundation Rapid Grant.
We have an announcement regarding the closure of the Rapid Grants [1]
program between May 14 - June 30, 2018. This year we've received a lot of
interest in the program and this quarter we've almost doubled the amount of
grants offered to the community compared to last year's quarter. You can
look at our spending analysis
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_spending_analysis>
[2] for
reference. Unfortunately, this means we've expended our funds for this
fiscal year. The last date we will be receiving an application for a rapid
grant before the closure will be *Friday, May 11, 2018*.
We encourage *Wiki Loves Earth* participants to apply for a Rapid Grant by
May 11, 2018 to receive support for their project.
The grant program will be open again to receive grant requests starting *July
1, 2018*. At this point we will be implementing the following changes:
1. There will be a minimum of *$500 USD* for grant requests
2. Applications will only be accepted between the *1st - 15th of each month*.
This is to help with our current workflow and to allow us to be more
responsive to your requests.
If you have any questions, please email us at rapidgrants(a)wikimedia.org.
Best regards,
Woubzena
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_spending_analysis
Woubzena Jifar
Program Officer
Rapid Grants
Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
User: WJifar (WMF)
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From: "Mohammad Hekmat" <m.hekmat(a)gmail.com>
Date: 19-Apr-2018 7:44 AM
Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] 2017 WLM International Jury Report
To: "Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition" <
wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hi all,
Today, on the International Day of Monuments and Sites (aka World Heritage
Day), the international team announced the release of 2017 WLM
international jury report. In 2017, we received 489 photos from
participating national competitions, out of which 61 made it to the final
round and out of those the top 25 were selected and announced last
December. In the report you can find details of how the jury worked, who
was on the jury, some jury comments, stories of the top winners, as well as
the full list of all 61 finalists. The full list is available at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017_WLM_Internation
al_Jury_Report.pdf
Please feel free to share it with your local participants or share/repost
our announcements on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BhtuPuahtYl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WikiLovesMonuments/posts/2066006453429267
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wikimonuments/status/986654512604577792
Best regards,
Mohammad
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Dear All,
I take this opportunity to inform you all about the Hindi Wikipedia
Advertisement video, developed by Wikimedia Foundation in assistance with
few Hindi Wikimedians.
The primary goal has been to target the student community who could be the
potential editors in the near future. The Video has been produced by Happy
mcgarrybowen <http://www.happymgb.com/>for Wikimedia Foundation (as its
proprietor) and it has been released under Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License. The focused target area
for the promotion of video would be Facebook and Youtube with Madhya
Pradesh being the focused location.
Videos are live on the social media channels and Wikimedia Commons
Facebook: https://facebook.com/wikipedia/videos/10156108644168346/
YouTube: https://youtu.be/WiCJFaUbHpg
Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_ektara_video_ad_excerpt.g…
*We look forward to your crucial feedbacks on the video and also
suggestions on how to reach the potential audience. Your direction is key. *
Thanks,
Abhinav Srivastava
Hi,
After 45 days (11:41, 15 April 2018 (UTC)) since the Project Tiger writing
contest live,
172 users have created 1121 articles adding at least 32,464 pageviews
through newly created articles.
Punjabi leads the contest with 304 topics.
More stats here.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Progr…>
Please note that Top 3 winners in each participating community will win
prizes worth 3,000 INR, 2,000 INR, and 1,000 INR every month. Besides
monthly prizes for individual editors, the community that creates the most
number of articles will win a *community capacity training prize which is
worth 10,00,000 Indian Rupee budget to train 40 people for 3 days*. The
training will be facilitated by CIS-A2K and the Wikimedia Foundation.
The contest will runs until May 31st, 2018.
Ravi
Hi,
Based on feedback from community members, we are adding more topics for the
contest.
Besides topics that were already provided based on readership of English
Wikipedia, now you can also write articles based on following lists:
* List of 10,000 articles every Wikipedia should have
* List of articles every Indian language Wikipedia should have
* Up to 500 topics based on specific locally relevant themes as determined
by the local community organizers following local community discussion.
Please check the list of topics for your language
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Progr…>
and contact your local organizer for more clarification.
Thanks,
Ravi
Greetings,
Thanks to Sailesh Pattnaik for the previous message about the second
iteration of #1Lib1Ref this year. I would like to add something to that.
It is an annual campaign where librarians add references to improve
Wikipedia, is coming back again this year, running from May 15th to June
5th, 2018. It is being run for the second time from this year because we
heard from you a desire to run it again out of excitement. Librarians,
community members, and affiliates are encouraged to make 1Lib1Ref [their
own]. So whether we call this 1Lib1Ref May, 1Lib1Ref for the Southern
Hemisphere, or 1Lib1Ref Strikes Back, the point is the excitement is
building again, and we'd like you to be a part of it.
If you would like host a session at a local library, here are some
materials for you:
1.) Helpful multimedia (logos, videos, flyers, stickers)
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1lib1ref>
2.) Connect with local librarians
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Connect>
3.) Lets take a Coffee Break and contribute to #1lib1ref. Here's how!
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Coffee_Kit>
4.) Read the 1Lib1Ref 2018 January report and learnings
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons/2018>
.
"Imagine a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to
Wikipedia" Wikipedia is a first stop for researchers. Let's make it better!
Your goal today is to add one reference to Wikipedia! Any citation to a
reliable source is a benefit to Wikipedia readers worldwide.
For any assistance, kindly contact wikipedialibrary(a)wikimedia.org.
Regards,
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
Outreach Coordinator | The Wikipedia Library
*on behalf of *
Felix Nartey
Global Coordinator | The Wikipedia Library
It will be great if we can also lead the #1lib1ref project in their
community.
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From: Felix Nartey <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 at 9:46 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 1Lib1Ref is happening again in May!
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Hello 1Lib1Ref Organizers,#1Lib1Ref, the annual campaign where librarians
add references to improve Wikipedia, is coming back again this year,
running from May 15th to June 5th, 2018. Why twice? We heard from you a
desire to run it again out of excitement, because May is not summer
vacation for the southern hemisphere, and because Spanish Wikipedia's
birthday also falls in May. This is a great expansion of the event and it
means that there is another opportunity to make Wikipedia more factual and
verifiable by leveraging the expertise of librarians around the world. How
does this relate to the main campaign in January? We encourage librarians,
community members, and affiliates to make 1Lib1Ref their own. So whether
we call this 1Lib1Ref May, 1Lib1Ref for the Southern Hemisphere, or
1Lib1Ref Strikes Back, the point is the excitement is building again, and
we'd like you to be a part of it.If I participated in January, do I have to
do it again in May? It's entirely up to you, this is just another chance
if you want to do more, or if you couldn't get around to January
activities. This is a pilot for us, too, so we'll see how it goes and
discuss what we learned after the May campaign.How can you get involved? -
See updated dates and details at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref>- See the
Spanish Wikipedia campaign page for 1bib1ref at
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:1bib1ref_2018
<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:1bib1ref_2018>Helpful multimedia
(logos, videos, flyers, stickers) at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1lib1ref
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1lib1ref> *
Cheers,
--
*Felix Nartey*
*Global Coordinator*
*The Wikipedia Library
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library>*
*Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
*fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>*
*+233242844987 <+233%2024%20284%204987> | **+447452508504*
*Skype:Flixtey*
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Hello,
GLAMWiki Conference 2018 is an international Wiki Conference dedicated to
the GLAM community, organized for and with the community.
Learn more about the event and scholarship options:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Welcome
(I am not a part of the organizing team, I won't attend it as well. just
shared expecting it might be interesting to you)
Thanks
Tito Dutta
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